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| | Food-Info.net : Monosodiumglutamate - E621 |
 | | Flavour enhancers are mentioned in the ingredients list of a foodstuff in the following way: name of the food additive category they belong to, i.e.: ‘flavour enhancer', followed by either their specific name or their corresponding E code number. |
 | | In food as well as in tissue glutamic acid can be present in two forms: in a ‘bound' form when it is linked to other amino acids to make up proteins or in a ‘free' form when present as a single amino acid. |
 | | Flavour enhancers not based on glutamate and having the same taste properties are guanylic acid, disodium guanylate, dipotassium guanylate, calcium guanylate, inosinic acid, disodium inosinate, dipotassium inosinate, calcium inosinate, calcium 5'-ribonucleotides, and disodium 5'-ribonucleotides. |
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