Even health food stores carry products that can cause headaches, itching, nausea and allergic reactions – and worse!
Free glutamates, more notoriously known as MSG, are found everywhere in prepared foods, not just in your take-out Chinese dinners. Here is a list of ingredients that are hiding MSG in your food. Keep an eye out and avoid these:
autolyzed yeast
calcium caseinate
enzymes
flavors and flavorings
gelatin
glutamate
glutamic acid
hydrolyzed protein
hydrolyzed soy protein
protease
protease enzymes
sodium caseinate
textured protein
yeast extract
yeast food and yeast nutrients
may also be found in:
barley malt
boullion
malt extract
malt flavoring
natural pork or natural chicken or natural beef flavoring
seasonings
soy protein concentrate
soy protein isolate
soy sauce extract
whey protin
whey protein concentrate or isolate
anything that is enzyme modified….
…all this even in foods that advertise NO MSG!
compiled partially from “Food Additives” by Christine Hoza Farlow
This is a good reminder to me that I need to look for these too. I know if I don’t recognize to not eat it, but I forgot about the hidden names for MSG too – not just sugar!
Thanks for posting this, Alex! You rock.