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John Elder

The truth about MSG, a much-maligned source of great flavour

Food Standards Australia New Zealand advises that MSG won't make you seriously ill or kill you. Photo: Getty

In the 1980s and 90s it was common practice when ordering dinner at a Chinese restaurant to ask that no MSG be used in the cooking.

This sometimes brought a scowl or a mutter from the waiter that MSG wasn’t a problem.

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