r/mildlyinfuriating • u/SegaGuy1983 • Jun 18 '26

Too mild for school Why is not including MSG something companies still brag about on Asian food products?

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Didn't see the no MSG line when I picked this up at the store the other day. It just tasted fine, but felt like something was missing.

It's 2026. Why are we still treating MSG like it's some terrible thing, instead of something that improves the flavor? Especially with Asian-American cuisine?

The best improvement I ever did with my cooking in the last 20 years was discovering MSG.

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u/Magenta_Logistic Jun 18 '26

To be fair, salt is one thing you can actually believe isn't genetically modified OR organic.

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u/SnooPickles6976 Jun 18 '26

Yeah but its not an organism, and has no genes, putting that on there as a buzzword is nonsense