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Professor seeks to destigmatize MSG through taste test, lecture - Daily Bruin

Professor seeks to destigmatize MSG through taste test, lecture

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About 30 students and faculty sampled chips, cured meats, sun-dried tomatoes and cheese to experience the fifth taste sensation, umami, Tuesday night. The taste test was part of a lecture by Sarah Tracy, an adjunct assistant professor at the Center for the Study of Women and Institute for Society and Genetics, about the history and societal perceptions of Monosodium Glutamate, or MSG.

https://dailybruin.com/2016/11/30/professor-seeks-to-destigmatize-msg-through-taste-test-lecture/

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Professor seeks to destigmatize MSG through taste test, lecture

By Emi Nakahara

Nov. 30, 2016 6:58 p.m.