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In article <1992Aug6.222809.12027@ttinews.tti.com> marvinm@ttidca.tti.com writes:
>In article <1992Aug2.002106.23712@cco.caltech.edu>,
>taijing@suncub.bbso.caltech.edu writes:
>> Could anybody tell me what the MSG is?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance.
>> 
>Monosodium Glutamate, a flavor enhancer that has been suspected of causing
>various allergic reactions on people sensitive to the substance. Used
>by Chinese restaurants (at least in the US) and in processed foods. Its
>presence is sometimes masked by other euphemistic names.
>By using it, a producer of chicken soup does not have to include as much
>chicken if MSG is included. THe product is available over the counter
>as ACCENT.

I've seen in it Chinese grocery stores labeled "Gourmet Powder".
(Thoughts of powdered gourmets went through my fiendish mind.  The
same sort of thing happens when I see "Baby Oil".)

I've been to several Chinese restaurants in England, and no one there
had heard of MSG.  Is this purely an American thing?  Is it known by
a different name in the U.K.?

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