The seasonings and the MSG you'd like to enhance them with are all in one bottle in this set-up. Additionally, savvy cooks are expanding the ways in which they use MSG in recipes.

Monosodium glutamate, a.k.a. MSG, can be a very useful tool for boosting flavor. Here's some background on the ingredient and how to use it at home.

In my Shoprite, I’ll find MSG in seasoning shakers like these from Ac'cent and Spice Supreme. A little goes a long way, so a shaker this size can last you eight months or longer.

MSG: a comeback for a controversial seasoning . Are health concerns and misinformation surrounding MSG based in science? 04:55. Many Americans grew up hearing it is unhealthy or even dangerous to ...

You can find Ajinomoto’s MSG seasoning packets and spice mixes in many American supermarkets, and it has been working for years to raise awareness about both the safety of consuming MSG and the ...

Salt, sugar and MSG – I always joke that they’re the Chinese Trinity of seasonings.” Openly admitting to using MSG – once a surefire way to keep your restaurant empty – certainly hasn ...

MSG has an image problem. An estimated 42% of us are trying to limit or avoid MSG entirely, according to the International Food Information Council. At the same time, food companies and ...

MSG, or monosodium glutamate, is getting a new look from local chefs, who are reevaluating the science and the popular perception of the much-maligned seasoning.

Calvin Eng, a 2022 F&W Best New Chef and coauthor of the forthcoming cookbook Salt, Sugar + MSG, says his family was among those scared off from using MSG. “It was taboo at home,” he says.

A common seasoning in some Asian cuisines, MSG was linked in the late 1960s to ailments—headaches, numbness, dizziness, heart palpitations—that became known as Chinese Restaurant Syndrome.