Which is better, MSG or chicken stock?

MSG and chicken essence are both condiments, and now many families choose MSG or chicken essence as a seasoning. Therefore, many families often choose MSG and chicken essence and want to fully understand which one is better. The following content gives a detailed introduction to many friends who often eat MSG and chicken essence, so you can have a comprehensive understanding.

The main ingredient of chicken essence is still MSG, but MSG is a single monosodium glutamate, while chicken essence is a compound seasoning in which the content of monosodium glutamate is about 40%. In addition to MSG, chicken essence also contains starch (used to form granules), flavor enhancing nucleotides (to increase the taste of MSG), sugar, and other spices. Flavor-enhancing nucleotides can also produce umami taste by themselves. When mixed with MSG, the resulting umami taste will far exceed the sum of the umami tastes of the two alone. This is what is called "synergy". Strictly speaking, there should also be some ingredients from chicken such as chicken powder, chicken fat, etc. to produce the taste of chicken. However, since ingredients derived from chicken are relatively expensive, manufacturers may completely avoid using chicken ingredients in order to reduce costs. Therefore, whether the chicken essence you buy contains ingredients from chicken depends entirely on the manufacturer, and it is basically impossible for consumers to judge from the product.

MSG has a single ingredient and mainly adds a "umami" flavor to food. The ingredients of compound seasonings such as chicken essence and mushroom essence are complex, and generally speaking, they have a stronger "fragrant" flavor. No matter what kind of essence it is, as long as it can produce "umami taste", it contains MSG. However, after careful formulation, compound flavors are more efficient in producing umami flavor and can also meet different specific needs.

Which is better, MSG or chicken essence? After reading the above introduction, I believe many people have already had a concrete knowledge and understanding of which is better, chicken essence or MSG. After understanding it, it is recommended that you choose chicken essence, because chicken essence not only contains MSG, but it is also a compound seasoning product. But whether it is MSG or chicken essence, when choosing seasoning, you must control the amount for the sake of your health.