Understanding Monosodium Glutamate: Exploring Food Discourse and Its Social Implications

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  • Jenelle Regnier-Davies

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This paper examines some of the mainstream discourse surrounding the substance monosodium glutamate (MSG). While the use of additives and preservatives in foods is of legitimate concern, it is arguable that the substance MSG is poorly understood, and has become vilified despite a lack of sound scientific evidence. Consequently, foods utilizing the flavour enhancer may be deemed inferior and presented in a negative way in mass media. This vilification, it is argued, reinforces food classism and assumptions about race.

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Regnier-Davies, J. (2015). Understanding Monosodium Glutamate: Exploring Food Discourse and Its Social Implications. Revue YOUR Review (York Online Undergraduate Research), 1, 85–91. Retrieved from https://yourreview.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/yourreview/article/view/40306

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