This discovery led to the commercial production of MSG as a flavor enhancer, designed to amplify the umami or savory taste in foods. Since then, it has become a staple ingredient in cuisines ...

MSG got a bad reputation in the 1960s when Dr. Robert Ho Man Kwok, a Chinese-American doctor, wrote a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine after eating Chinese food and getting sick.

In the late 1960’s a letter written by physician Robert Ho Man Kwok was published in the New England Journal of Medicine claiming that Chinese foods caused a group of symptoms such as headaches, ...

Glutamate is present in foods like ham and some cheeses, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says glutamate is also naturally occurring in humans. How did MSG get a bad rap?