Which country invented monosodium glutamate?

MSG was invented in Japan. 1908, Ikeda Miao drama found that the taste of kelp comes from sodium glutamate, which can produce umami flavor. Later, he obtained the patent of monosodium glutamate and established "flavor essence". The chemical composition of monosodium glutamate is sodium glutamate, which is a salty seasoning, easily soluble in water, and its aqueous solution has a strong salty taste. Add salt, the taste is fresher. Monosodium glutamate can be made from pyroglutamic acid contained in protein such as gluten, starch or beet molasses, and can also be synthesized by chemical methods.

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The first person who invented monosodium glutamate was Ikeda Miaoju, a researcher at Imperial University in Tokyo, Japan. He is a chemist and a professor at Imperial University in Tokyo. He invented monosodium glutamate because he drank his wife's cucumber soup, and her wife added kelp to the exceptionally delicious cucumber soup, so he thought that the secret of making the soup delicious was kelp.

Sure enough, there is something called sodium glutamate in kelp, which can produce a delicious feeling. Later, he called this substance monosodium glutamate, and applied for a patent to establish a flavor element. In fact, monosodium glutamate not only contains sodium glutamate, but also contains salt, which effectively improves the umami taste of food.