On Sep 11, 5:39�pm, ChattyCathy > wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
>
> > That's ridiculous... how do you know if you're consuming MSG... other
> > than saltiness it has no flavor of it's own. � Im sure you consume
> > varying quantities of MSG every day... and since you seem to have a
> > propensity for consuming shrimp and other seafood you probably consume
> > more MSG than most people.
>
> >http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/msgbroch.cfm
>
> OK lemme spell it out for you.
>
> The subject line said: Do you use MSG?
>
> I presumed that meant 'do *I* uses MSG when I cook my own food'...
>
> With me so far?
>
> So, subsequently when I buy any ingredients to make meals at home I
> check to see if it contains MSG. (By law here, the
> suppliers/manufacturers have to state whether there is any MSG in their
> products, or not.)
>
> Still with me?
>
> Furthermore, there are many food manufacturers here that mark their
> products 'MSG Free' - I happen to prefer those products.
>
> Now, go make lunch or whatever... and give my regards to your cats.


Actually we have the same law here. But the law only pertains to
*added* MSG... if your food products are labled "MSG Free" they are
lying, it's no more possible to have MSG Free food as it is to have
Salt Free food. There is no way to legislate naturally occurring MSG
(or salt), not anywhere on this planet... ALL food contains some salt
and probably some MSG. I can asssure you, you can read all the labels
you like, but you do indeed consume as much if not more MSG than the
rest of us. You don't have to add MSG, hardly anyone in the US adds
MSG when they cook, but it's already in the foods we eat, in fact many
of the foods we commonly consume in the greatest quantities contain
the most naturally occuring MSG.

I probably lost you.