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MSG: Good or Bad?

Monosodium Glutamate or MSG also commonly known as Ajinomoto among us Malaysians. I've shared a post on my FB about MSG a few years back and felt that I should do a post about it because I've seen quite a number of arguments about MSG on Masak Apa Hari Ini. Some bored people gonna post something like "Siapa masak tak letak aji kita geng" Ada yang siap hashtag #healthyeating And the debate goes on and on. Siap boleh gaduh lagi dalam tu. What makes me want to throw myself under the bus is these people who claimed they DO NOT use MSG in their cooking, naively say "I only use Maggi Cukup Rasa/ Kicap/ Sos Tiram/ Sos Ikan" in my cooking. Adoiiii. #tepukdahisis Did you know that whatever seasoning be it kicap, kiub pati ayam, sos tiram ka  segala jenis sos also contains some amount of MSG in them? A lot of natural food like tomatoes, mushroom and cheese also have glutamate in them. What is MSG / Ajinomoto and why is it so controversial? MSG ada