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What're the harmful side effects of msg in food?
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None known: Monosodium glutamate (msg) is found in foods, in large part because glutamic acid, being an amino acid. No study has linked it with any cancer and normally being used as a taste enhancer in almost many food items worldwide.
Answered 9/28/2016
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