WHAT IS CHINESE SALT (MONO SODIUM GLUTAMAT)? Mono Sodium Glutamate (MSG), known as Chinese Salt in our country, was discovered in Japan at the beginning of the 20th century by extracting the juice of the Kombu plant, which is a kind of seaweed, and turning it into crystal, and started to be widely used in China after Japan. Glutamate is an important messenger molecule that our brain uses for learning, memory and attention, and it enables nerve cells to communicate with each other. In order for it to function in a healthy way, it must be present at a certain level in the brain and nerve cells.
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