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Friday, March 26, 2010

Watch out for free glutamates in certain foods even if they are organic

High levels of free glutamate are found in dried seaweed , tomatoes , parmesan cheese, anchovies, fish sauce and mushrooms. Levels of free glutamate in parmesan cheese, a food with one of the highest levels of naturally occurring glutamate, contains about 1.3 grams of free glutamate per 100 grams. This is far less than what would be required to produce any adverse side effects (Note: some reports of side effects from MSG are at levels as low as 0.5 grams). Dried sea weed has a very high free glutamate value of 2240.0 mg/100g.

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