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Today I Learned: The Story of MSG—Once Out of Favor, Now the King of Flavor

The history, controversy and global comeback of monosodium glutamate, aka MSG.

If flavor had a monarchy, MSG, or monosodium glutamate, would be the ruler with the longest, albeit most scandalous reign. Discovered in Japan in 1908, embraced across Asia, demonized in the West, and now redeemed by science and Michelin-starred chefs alike, ...

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