MSG Exposed (Monosodium Glutamate)

Does Chicken and Beef Broth/Stock exist without MSG? We’ll take a look at some of the major brands that claim “No MSG”. What we find may surprise  you.

Swanson Natural Goodness Chicken Broth contains MSG in the form of Autolyzed Yeast Extract

Swanson Natural Goodness Chicken Broth

Swanson puts on an image of being natural and healthy but all you need is to glance at their ingredient label for 2 seconds to see that it is all lip service. Autolyzed Yeast Extract is a big, big baddie. Autolyzed Yeast Extract means MSG (free glutamate). Swanson also has an “Organic” version of their chicken broth, and yup, you guessed it, there is MSG in it. They can get away with the “No MSG” labeling because technically there is no “monosodium glutamate” added to it. Monosodium Glutamate is a food additive. But you don’t need to add straight monosodium glutamate to a product to get glutamate into your product. There are ways to process foods that already contain glutamate and brake the amino acids (glutamate) from its protein binding. Once the amino acids are broken free from the proteins natural peptide bind the acids are now free, to make your food taste “better”, and free to wreck havock on your bodys glutamate receptors, especially your neurological system (your brain). For more about Yeast Extract read our article on Campbells Soup and their new deceptive marketing campaign.

Swanson Natural Goodness Chicken Stock Ingredients:
Chicken Stock, Contains Less Than 2% of: Salt, Flavoring, Dextrose, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Celery Juice Concentrate, Carrot Juice Concentrate, Onion Juice Concentrate.

Rachael Ray Stock-In-A-Box contains MSG

Rachael Ray’s Chicken and Beef Stock-In-A-Box

I don’t have the box in front of me so I don’t know if they make any claims of No MSG.As you can see, both flavors of stock contains “Yeast Extract”. If you don’t know what yeast extract is, you can read more here. Yes, yeast extract means MSG (free glutamate).

Beef Stock Ingredients:
Concentrated beef  stock (contains: beef stock, sea salt, yeast extract), vegetable stock (carrot, celery, onion, leek, natural flavor).

Chicken Stock Ingredients:
Chicken stock, sea salt, natural chicken flavor, yeast extract, chicken fat, garlic powder, vegetable stock (carrot, celery, onion), bay, thyme, marjoram, carrot powder.

Walmart Chicken & Beef Broth contain MSG (free glutamate) in the form of Yeast Extract

Walmart Great Value Chicken Broth

Contains yeast extract which contains MSG (free glutamate).

Ingredients:
Chicken Broth from Concentrate, Yeast Extract, Salt, Natural Flavor.

Also see our list of Hidden Sources of MSG on Food Ingredient Labels.

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