Consensus meeting: monosodium glutamate – an update

@article{Beyreuther2007ConsensusMM,
  title={Consensus meeting: monosodium glutamate – an update},
  author={Konrad Beyreuther and Hans Konrad Biesalski and John D. Fernstrom and Peter Grimm and Walter P. Hammes and Uwe Heinemann and Oliver S. Kempski and Peter Stehle and Hans Steinhart and Roger Walker},
  journal={European Journal of Clinical Nutrition},
  year={2007},
  volume={61},
  pages={304-313}
}
Objective:Update of the Hohenheim consensus on monosodium glutamate from 1997: Summary and evaluation of recent knowledge with respect to physiology and safety of monosodium glutamate.Design:Experts from a range of relevant disciplines received and considered a series of questions related to aspects of the topic.Setting:University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.Method:The experts met and discussed the questions and arrived at a consensus.Conclusion:Total intake of glutamate from food in… 
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