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Glutamate Content of Selected Traditional Indonesian Foods & Ingredients:
Effect of Processing/Preparation
Purwiyatno Hariyadi Nuri Andarwulan Lilis Nuraida
- Southeast Asian Food & Agricultural Science & Technology
(SEAFAST) Center dan
Presented at 43rd SEAAGS Meeting, Jakarta 4-5 August 2010
- Professor at Department of Food Science and Technology
Faculty of Agricultural Technology INSTITUT PERTANIAN BOGOR www.ipb.ac.id
Presented at 43rd SEAAGS Meeting Jakarta 4-5 August 2010
What is glutamate?
C C O H C C O
L-Glutamic Acid
C H2 C H2 HO C NH3 C O
C C O H C C O
L Glutamic Acid
MW 147
MSG
MW 188 ( l t t 147
Presented at 43rd SEAAGS Meeting, Jakarta 4-5 August 2010
C H2 C H2 HO C NH2 C O Na
Na content in MSG= 12.2% Na content in Salt = 39.3% (glutamate= 147, Na=23, Water=18)