Some people think that chicken essence is made of chicken and has high nutritional value, while monosodium glutamate has no nutrition for human body. This statement has no scientific basis. In fact, the composition between the two is similar.

The main component of monosodium glutamate is sodium glutamate, which is generally obtained from starch and protein in wheat and corn by microbial fermentation and decomposition to produce glutamic acid, which is then extracted and refined.

The main components of chicken essence are monosodium glutamate and salt, which is made by adding nucleotides, chicken extract, salt, essence and pigment on the basis of monosodium glutamate, and is a compound condiment. The basic ingredients of monosodium glutamate and chicken essence are basically the same, and both of them realize the seasoning function through sodium glutamate, so there is not much difference between the two.