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cherihill
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Tue Feb 26, 2008 7: 22 pm    Post subject: MSG?
I believe I read once in Atkins that we should avoid MSG seasonings.. but I am not sure.. Does anyone know if thats the case and if so why?
desertbitch
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Cement Feb 27, 2008 4: 28 am    Post subject:
this is on a forum, but it says that MSG may cause an insulin spike in blood levels. Scroll down a question / answer or two. It has a link in it that explains it, I think. I didnt remember anything about MSG from the book. thanks for bringing it up.
http: / / www. thedailyplate. com / forum / viewtopic. php? t=500&sid=2f3039f5842e6c523dc53527d581a2d0
cherihill
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 5: 51 am    Post subject:
Good looking out Desertbitch.. I too found some good information on MSG.
Manufacturers are intensely aware that many consumers would lift not to have MSG ( 1 ) in their food. ( 2 ) Some manufacturers have responded by using " clean labels, " i. e., labels that encircle only ingredient names they think consumers will not know as containing MSG - - names such as " hydrolyzed soy protein. " Others back " No MSG, " " No MSG Added, " or " No Added MSG, " even though their products contain MSG.
Most offenders are small processors who are possibly being misguided by the FDA, the USDA, and / or consultants. Hain and Campbell ' s, both large companies, are among those who have been alerted to both the deception that they are perpetrating and the illegality of what they are doing, yet continue with what the FDA has termed deceptive and misleading labeling.
Placing " No MSG, " " No MSG Added, " or " No Added MSG " on food labels has been deemed by the FDA to be false and misleading under section ( 403 ) ( a ) ( 1 ) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act when the label also lists any hydrolyzed protein as an ingredient since it contains MSG. " ( 3 ) Thus, to advertise " No MSG, " " No MSG Added, " or " No Added MSG " when there is MSG in a product is illegal.
Following the FDA ' s announcement in 1995 that "... FDA considers foods whose labels say " No MSG " or " No Added MSG " to be misleading if the food contains ingredients that are sources of free glutamates, such as hydrolyzed protein, " ( 7 ) the incidence of such misleading and deceptive labels regulated by the FDA began to decline. At the same time, similar labels regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture ( USDA ) continued proliferating. At the USDA they don ' t simply fail to enforce the regulation. The USDA actually approves labels of meat and poultry products that claim " No MSG, " " No MSG Added, " or " No Added MSG " when they contain free glutamic acid.
Clearly, it is false and misleading to claim " No MSG " or " No MSG Added " on a product label when MSG is present, even if it is present as a constituent of an ingredient.
Those making such claims should be able to demonstrate, through valid tests for free glutamic acid content, that there is zero free glutamic acid in their products.