Im allways on the hunt for ranch dressing and found this today. Kraft Carb Well ranch dressing. It says 0 carbs and made with sucralose, sounds good .. But I found an ingredient on the back that makes me go hmm.. Can someone please tell me what Monosudium Glutamate is? Im really curious. Thank you in advance
Angel

monosodium Glutamate is also known as MSG

I know it can trigger carb cravings in some carb addicts others it has no effect. Also a lot of people are very sensitive or allergic to it.

Thank you MyJourney. Thank goodness it don't bug me, hehehe. But that is somthing very important to my sister.She avoids it like the plague.
Angel

They use it in chinese cooking alot. Or at least they used to, not sure they do any longer as a lot of people were allergic to it.

Yikes! Thanks for the heads up on that. MSG can also trigger migraines. I guess that's a product to avoid for some of us.

I founbd some pork rinds with MSG today. If you check out the CAD forum or the CAD book they have ahuge list of names MSG can be hidden under. Kind of like the hundreds of names for sugar

Its a chemical and I would rather eat foods and not chemicals, but sometimes it is hard to avoid. At one time it was marketed as Accent, a flavor enhancer and people actually sprinkled it on their food!

wow I checked out the CAD forum

This is the list I found

Common Names Free Glutamate Is Called
• Monosodium glutamate (MSG)
• Calcium caseinate
• Sodium caseinate
• Textured protein
• Natural flavoring
• Yeast food
• Autolyzed yeast
• Hydrolyzed protein
• Hydrolyzed vegetable protein
• Yeast extract
• Hydrolyzed yeast
• Natural chicken or turkey flavoring
• And other spices
• Modified food starch
Possible Hidden Sources of Free Glutamate:
~~~Barley malt, Hydrolyzed oat flour, Smoke flavoring, Basted turket, Infant formula, Soy sauce, Bouillon, Malt extract or flavoring, Torula yeast, Broth or stock for soups, Processed meats in general, Vegetable gum, Carrageenan, Salad dressings, Whey protein, Sausage/bacon/lunch meats, Worcestershire sauce, Flavored cereals, Seasoned salts, Maltodextrin, Soy protein.

MSG actually contains beet sugar! My mom read it somewhere a couple months ago... since then, I've avoided it much more!