BroadwayWorld chats with playwright Keiko Green about her anime-infused adventure comedy 'Exotic Deadly: Or The MSG Play' making its Northern California premiere at San Francisco Playhouse January 30 ...

Now, that is news, because one has repeatedly heard elders make this claim about Chinese or East Asian cuisine: “It contains Ajinomoto or monosodium glutamate. Your brain will become dull!” ...

Chinese migrants took MSG to the US and Europe. Ajinomoto or MSG became the flavour enhancer that was often added to restaurant foods, canned vegetables, soups, deli meats and other foods. But then ...

Yes, that last element is monosodium glutamate, or MSG. It’s pure umami flavor and it enhances the shio base. Mix these ingredients with soy sauce, three types of salt (it is shio, after all ...

In family meals, her mom uses monosodium glutamate — the much-maligned flavor enhancer — and her grandfather helped invent the substance. Ana Ming Bostwick-Singer as Ami pours seasoning from an ...

5. Cancerous: Momo contains Ajinomoto/MSG and other food additives and preservatives that can cause cancer. 6. Infection risks: The stuffing in momo are often unhygienic and can expose to infections.