monosodium
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of monosodium
Example Sentences
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Ajinomoto, which means “essence of flavor”, built its food empire on the discovery of umami and commercialized the so-called fifth taste in its purest form as monosodium glutamate, a “flavor bomb” used by cooks worldwide.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
"Carrageenan, riboflavin, monosodium glutamate and 20 others that I can’t pronounce," he said, as one of the "MAHA moms" gravely intoned, "that stuff's really bad."
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2025
Examples that can be found around us include various amino acids, including monosodium glutamate, food proteins, enzymes, flavoring compounds, food colorings, and bioactive substances.
From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2024
It is one of the world’s largest producers of monosodium glutamate, a flavor enhancer.
From Washington Times • Feb. 1, 2023
We may have the first step of basicity due to combination with soda, NaH2PO4, or monosodium phosphate, the second step, Na3HPO4, or disodium phosphate, and the third, and final step, Na3PO4, or trisodium phosphate.
From The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association by Shonk, Albert
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