Glutamate

Maggi, your favourite go-to snack has come under fire after some samples in Uttar Pradesh were found to be high in Monosodium Glutamate (MSG).

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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is testing more sample of Maggi noodles collected from different states in the wake of UP FSDA finding monosodium glutamate and lead in excess of the ...

After much contention and backlash over excess lead and monosodium glutamate (MSG) in its product, Nestle India has decided to take it off the shelves.

The worst food scare of India triggered by a simple labelling dispute.

Nestle has been battling its worst-ever branding crisis in India since a regulator in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh found monosodium glutamate (MSG) and excess lead in a sample of its hugely popular noodles.

Last month, FSSAI had banned Nestle's Maggi, saying it was "unsafe and hazardous" for consumption after finding excessive levels of lead and violation of labeling regulations on taste enhancer monosodium glutamate (MSG).

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), had said in its ban-order issued on June 5, that tests conducted on a batch of Maggi were found to contain more-than-permissible levels of lead and ...

Umami is carried in a number of molecules, but most notably in glutamic acid.