monosodium
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- noun
- /ˌmɒnoʊˈsoʊdiəm/
- Informal
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glutamato monosódico
- Water, salt, monosodium glutamate.
- monosodium glutamate
- monosodium glutamate (MSG)
- contains monosodium
Examples
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Monosodium glutamate is not good for you, yet it was heralded as one of the best flavor additives for years, and people debated it.
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Well, I've stolen Osato's new process for making monosodium glutamate.
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Yes, it does not always mean that I discovered a monosodium glutamate from this guy calling her his beautiful angel.
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Monosodium glutamate and ascorbic acid.
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He called it monosodium glutamate, or MSG.
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That most essential of spices, known as monosodium glutamate, or more lovingly, MSG, is so hard to let go of.
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MSG (monosodium glutamate), aspartame (phenylalanine), sodium nitrite, sodium nitrate, and many others.
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In a controlled intervention trial in children with commercially marketed monosodium glutamate fortified with vitamin A, Muhilal et al. (n12) reported an increase in hemoglobin.
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Many people enjoy the rich flavor of chicken soup enhanced with monosodium glutamate.
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Some dishes, like stir-fried vegetables, may contain monosodium glutamate to enhance their taste.
Synonyms
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A white powder that cooks add to food to make it taste more savory
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A white powder added to food to make its taste stronger
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word monosodium is often used informally for monosodium glutamate, the flavor enhancer also called MSG, and it combines mono- 'one' and sodium, the chemical in table salt, so the name tells you the food ingredient has 'one' sodium atom.