MSG sliding through the FDA labeling cracks
I like that the FDA is finding and recalling health products that have contamination or undisclosed ingredients. Regardless of whether a product is natural or a drug, I believe the FDA should let us know when something contains contaminants or when labeling is misleading.
However, the Food and Drug Adminstration often seems selective in catching or banning such mislabeling.
For example, there are quite a few ingredient names used to disquise the presence of monosodium glutamate ( msg ) in products but so far the FDA has not gone after any of the many manufacturers who still use one or more than many ingredient names that contain msg.
As a person very allergic to msg (monosodium glutamate), and as a person who also has done her homework and knows that msg is an excito-toxin that is poisonous to the body, I am offended that the FDA still allows manufactures to hide this ingredient under so many other names. Here are just a few of the ingredients that "sometimes" contain msg:
hydrolyzed vegetetable protein, enzyme modified, autolyzed yeast extract, broth, bullion, calcium caseinate, natural flavoring, hydrolyzed oat flour, gelatin, barley malt, pectin, potassium glutamate, malt extract, soy sauce, soy protien, stock, textured protien, maltodextrin,whey protein, yeast extract and natural meat tenderizer.
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Health Care Disclaimer: I have been repeatedly told, by companies that include msg in their products and most significantly by the reps for one of the biggest and oldest soup companies around, that msg is not harmful. I simply and absolutely do not believe that. I also believe MSG is added intentionally to soups and children's products to increase consumption of those products by children. As an excitotoxin, MSG excites the taste buds and so children want more of whatever contains it.