{"id":1481,"date":"2025-09-07T17:32:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T17:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shokershopping.com\/company\/?p=1481"},"modified":"2025-09-08T07:04:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T07:04:37","slug":"the-role-of-packaging-and-printing-in-brand-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shokershopping.com\/company\/the-role-of-packaging-and-printing-in-brand-success\/","title":{"rendered":"COMPANY OBSERVATIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"
Some people may be sensitive:<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n
Some people may experience adverse effects from
\nconsuming MSG. This condition is called Chinese restaurant syndrome or MSG symptom complex. In one
\nstudy, people with self-reported MSG sensitivity consumed either 5 grams of MSG or a placebo 36.1% reported
\nreactions with MSG compared to 24.6% with a placebo. Symptoms included headache, muscle tightness,
\nnumbness, tingling, weakness and flushing. The threshold dose that causes symptoms seems to be around 3
\ngrams per meal. However, keep in mind that 3 grams is a very high dose about six times the average daily
\nintake in the US. It is unclear why this happens, but some researchers speculate that such large doses of MSG
\nenable trace amounts of glutamic acid to cross the blood-brain barrier and interact with neurons, leading to
\nbrain swelling and injury. Some claim that MSG also causes asthma attacks in susceptible individuals. In one
\n32-person study, 40% of participants experienced an asthma attack with large doses of MSG. However, other
\nsimilar studies did not find any relationship between MSG intake and asthma.
\nImpact on flavor and calorie intake:<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n
Certain foods are more filling than others. Eating
\nfilling foods should reduce your calorie intake, which may aid weight loss. Some evidence suggests that MSG
\nmay help you feel full. Studies note that people who consume soups flavored with MSG eat fewer calories at
\nsubsequent meals. MSG\u2019s umami flavor may stimulate receptors found on your tongue and in your digestive
\ntract, triggering the release of appetite-regulating hormones. That said, other studies indicate that MSG
\nincreases \u2014 rather than decreases \u2014 calorie intake. Therefore, it\u2019s best not to rely on MSG to help you feel
\nfull.<\/h5>\n
Impact on obesity and metabolic disorders: <\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n
Some people associate MSG
\nwith weight gain. In animal studies, injecting high doses of MSG into the brains of rats and mice caused them
\nto become obese. However, this has little \u2014 if any \u2014 relevance to dietary intake of MSG in humans. That said,
\nseveral human studies link MSG consumptions to weight gain and obesity. In China, increased MSG intake
\nhas been linked to weight gain \u2014 with average intake ranging from 0.33\u20132.2 grams per day. However, in
\nVietnamese adults, an average intake of 2.2 grams per day was not associated with being overweight. Another
\nstudy tied increased MSG intake to weight gain and metabolic syndrome in Thailand \u2014 but it has been criticized
\nfor methodological flaws. In a controlled trial in humans, MSG raised blood pressure and increased the
\nfrequency of headaches and nausea. However, this study used unrealistically high doses. More human studies
\nare needed before full claims can be made about MSG\u2019s link to obesity or metabolic disorders. Monosodium
\nglutamate, also known as sodium glutamate and MSG, is a sodium salt of the non-essential amino acid glutamic
\nacid. It is used as a food additive and is commonly marketed as a flavor enhancer.
\nPure MSG is not reported to have a highly pleasant taste until it is combined with a savory odor. The basic
\nsensory function of MSG is attributed to its ability to enhance the presence of savory taste-active compounds
\nwhen included at the right concentration. The optimum concentration varies with the type of food; in clear soup,
\nthe pleasantness score rapidly falls with more than 1 g of MSG per 100 ml. There is also an interaction between
\nMSG and salt (sodium chloride), and other umami substances such as nucleotides, with these properties, MSG
\ncan be used to reduce salt intake (sodium), which predisposes to hypertension, heart diseases and stroke. By
\nadding MSG appropriately, salt can be reduced by 30 to 40 percent without a perceived reduction in saltiness.
\nThe sodium content (in mass percent) of MSG is roughly a third of the amount (12%) than in sodium chloride
\n(39%). Other salts of glutamate have been used in low-salt soups, but with a lower palatability than MSG.<\/h5>\n
\u00a0AT A GLANCE ON MSG:<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n
MSG was classified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as generally
\nrecognized as safe (GRAS) and by the European Union as a food additive. MSG has the HS code 29224220
\nand the E number E621. The L-glutamate form of MSG confers the same umami taste of free L-glutamate
\nnaturally found in foods. Industrial food manufacturers market and use MSG as a flavor enhancer because it
\nbalances, blends and rounds the total perception of other tastes.
\nMSG has been used for more than 100 years to season food. During this period, many studies have been
\nconducted on the safety of MSG. At this point, international and national bodies for the safety of food additives
\nconsider MSG safe for human consumption as a flavor enhancer. The “MSG symptom complex” was originally
\ntermed the “Chinese Restaurant Syndrome” when Robert Ho Man Kwok anecdotally reported the symptoms
\nhe felt after an American-Chinese meal. Kwok suggested multiple reasons behind the symptoms, including
\nalcohol from cooking with wine, the sodium content, or the MSG seasoning. But MSG became the focus and
\nthe symptoms have been associated with MSG ever since. The effect of wine or salt content was not studied.
\nWith the years, the list of non-specific symptoms has grown on anecdotal grounds. In normal conditions,
\nhumans have the ability to metabolize glutamate that has a very low acute toxicity. The oral lethal dose to 50%
\nof subjects (LD50) is between 15 to 18 g\/kg body weight in rats and mice respectively, five times greater than
\nthe LD50 of salt (3 g\/kg in rats). Therefore, the intake of MSG as a food additive and the natural level of glutamic
\nacid in foods do not represent a toxicological concern in humans.<\/h5>\n\n
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    Some people may be sensitive: Some people may experience adverse effects from consuming MSG. This condition is called Chinese restaurant syndrome or MSG symptom complex. In one study, people with self-reported MSG sensitivity consumed either 5 grams of MSG or a placebo 36.1% reported reactions with MSG compared to 24.6% with a placebo. Symptoms included […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/shokershopping.com\/company\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/shokershopping.com\/company\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/shokershopping.com\/company\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shokershopping.com\/company\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shokershopping.com\/company\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1481"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/shokershopping.com\/company\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1577,"href":"http:\/\/shokershopping.com\/company\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481\/revisions\/1577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shokershopping.com\/company\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/shokershopping.com\/company\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shokershopping.com\/company\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shokershopping.com\/company\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}