The difference between chicken essence and monosodium glutamate: monosodium glutamate is mainly a powdery or crystalline condiment made from wheat, soybeans and other substances by fermentation. Its main component is sodium glutamate, and of course it also contains a small amount of salt, water, fat, sugar, iron, phosphorus and other substances.
The main ingredients of chicken essence are sodium glutamate, edible salt, chicken, chicken bone powder, etc. Some of them need to be mixed with some essence and dried to form a kind of compound seasoning.
Careful people will find that in fact, a large part of the chicken essence is monosodium glutamate, but the chicken essence contains other substances that are more refreshing, and the salt content is higher. Therefore, when we cook with chicken essence, especially after using chicken essence in soup, it will smell more fragrant and taste better.
But these differences are only different in composition, and their main functions are the same, just to refresh. Although there is indeed a little extract of chicken and chicken bones in chicken essence, the nutrition is really negligible, so there is no difference in nutrition. Relatively speaking, the content of salt in monosodium glutamate is even less, and no chemical components are added. It is made of natural substances and is relatively healthier to eat.
Generally speaking, there is not much difference between monosodium glutamate and chicken essence in essence, but the ingredients of these two seasonings are slightly different, but as long as they are used in a reasonable range, they will not cause harm to health. It's just that when cooking, we can put these seasonings before cooking.