Posted by Larry Hoover on April 23, 2005, at 14:10:38
In reply to Re: MSG can masquerade under different names » Gabbi-x-2, posted by Susan47 on April 23, 2005, at 12:49:54
> God no wonder so many people have allergic reactions. That's in almost every packaged food isn't it? I do try to stay away from packaged food, but then so much of food is processed.
There are some simple keywords to look for.
Isolate.
Extract.
Concentrate (in the context of protein, or yeast).
Hydrolyzed.
Autolyzed.
Modified (anything to do with protein, e.g. modified milk ingredients).
Yeast anything.
Whey anything.Also, the terms "natural flavour" and "seasoning", when used without any other description, are legal descriptors for MSG.
Without taking things too far into the world of industrial food chemistry, food processors also intentionally process milk protein to create a fragment of that protein that is highly opiate-receptor active. That protein fragment is known as beta-casomorphin. That means the second casein-derived opiate agonist identified. Casein is the original milk protein in question.
The whole thing gets pretty scary.
Lar
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