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Monosodium Glutamate Intake and Risk Assessment in China Nationwide, and a Comparative Analysis Worldwide.

Hangyu Yu, Rui Wang, Yunfeng Zhao, Yan Song, Haixia Sui, Yongning Wu, Hongjian Miao, Bing Lyu

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Article in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hangyu YuChina National Center for Food Safety and Risk Assessment, Beijing 100021, China.
Rui WangLaboratory of Nutrition and Development, Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China.
Yunfeng ZhaoChina National Center for Food Safety and Risk Assessment, Beijing 100021, China.
Yan SongChina National Center for Food Safety and Risk Assessment, Beijing 100021, China.
Haixia SuiChina National Center for Food Safety and Risk Assessment, Beijing 100021, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0405-0278
Yongning WuChina National Center for Food Safety and Risk Assessment, Beijing 100021, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6430-1302
Hongjian MiaoChina National Center for Food Safety and Risk Assessment, Beijing 100021, China.
Bing LyuChina National Center for Food Safety and Risk Assessment, Beijing 100021, China.
China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment · CNBeijing Children’s Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The sixth Total Diet Study (TDS) of China included a countrywide study to assess the health effects of MSG (monosodium glutamate). MSG detection, consumption analysis, and risk assessment were conducted on 168 samples from seven food categories of the most typical Chinese daily diet. The highest value of MSG in the daily diet of the Chinese population was 8.63 g/kg. An MSG intake of 17.63 mg/kg bw/d for the general population of China was obtained from content measurements combined with food consumption, while the data from the apparent consumption survey alone gave 40.20 mg/kg bw/d. The apparent consumption did not consider the loss of MSG during food cooking, resulting in an overestimate. To offer a global perspective, MSG content, food category contributions, and ingestion levels across nations were summarized and thoroughly investigated. A realistic, logical, and precise risk assessment protocol for MSG daily intake was developed in this article.

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DietSodium GlutamateChinaFoodHumansRisk AssessmentSodium Glutamateacceptable daily intakecondimentsconsumption/intake surveyflavoring agentsfood safetygeneral populationmonosodium glutamate (MSG)

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PMID37299405
PMCPMC10255718
OpenAlexW4378229209

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