Ajinomoto (MSG) is a quality product prepared with natural ingredients
Sept, 2019: Ajinomoto, or Mono Sodium Glutamate (MSG), is prepared by the simple process of fermentation, like how we prepare curd from milk . MSG is prepared with natural vegetable ingredients like sugarcane, sugar-beet or tapioca. The MSG manufactured by the company named Ajinomoto, comes from sugarcane. It has the capacity to enhance the taste of food items. You can add this to sambar , rasam , vegetable fries, soups, and curries and make them taste much better. You would have noticed that some delicacies simply taste heavenly! Kikunae Ikeda, a Japanese scientist, found out that the extraordinary taste in certain dishes comes from Glutamate, a chemical that occurs naturally in fruits and vegetables. He named it Umami . Is Umami a blend of different tastes like sweet, sour, salty, astringent, pungent and bitterness? Or can we call this the Fifth taste? That, according to Kikunae Ikeda, is entirely up to us. (L to R) Atsushi Mishuku, the Managing Director, Ajinomoto In...
