FOOD CHEMISTRY
FOOD ADDITIVES AND PRESERVATIVES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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To make food last longer
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To prevent food from oxidation
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To enhance the taste of food
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To make food more attractive
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Detailed explanation-1: -MSG (monosodium glutamate) adds pure umami to foods which is the fifth basic taste after sweet, sour, salty and bitter. If part of the salt in food is replaced with MSG, its umami taste compensates for the loss of saltiness making even the low-salt dishes palatable.
Detailed explanation-2: -Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a flavor enhancer often added to restaurant foods, canned vegetables, soups, deli meats and other foods. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has classified MSG as a food ingredient that’s generally recognized as safe.
Detailed explanation-3: -MSG is a kind of salt, a salt of the amino acid called glutamic acid. Glutamate imparts a unique taste to foods. Japanese professor Kikunae Ikeda, who discovered MSG, described it as umami, or the fifth taste after sweet, salty, sour and bitter. This taste is also often described as savoury, or xian wei in Chinese.