Monosodium Glutamate in Hikari Betta Bio-Gold

[Dheeraj]

May be it is harmful to the fishes or not, but we cant challenge this paper because they research on that topic since 2-3 years and its a publishes paper which is passed by a clinical journal. In respect to fishes it may b used for color but i dont think if it is harmful then y they use it.

http://www.clinics.org.br/uploads/artig ... 0-1209.pdf

I am not aware of a single scientific paper which has been published which says that MSG as a standalone agent in minor quantities with long term consumption leads to any kind of disorder.

I found the following on a quick 30 sec search on PubMed -
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22873054 - The influence of long-term monosodium glutamate feeding on the structure of rats pancreas
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23070349 - Monosodium glutamate neonatal treatment induces cardiovascular autonomic function changes in rodents.

Secondly , it has been used for ages as a flavouring agent.

I already said that it is a GRAS by FDA

In my view , commercially available turmeric or chilli powder is far more harmful compared to MSG.

Are they used in fish food as well??

I urge all to read more on this topic. When you go to a restaurant to eat Chinese food (which is where the whole MSG controversy started from) , you tend to consume hundreds of ingredients, topped with wine,soups etc etc. It is virtually impossible to say, given the methods of Chinese cooking , what may or may not trigger any kind of post-meal symptoms.

When one goes to the restaurant, may be he goes once in two days of mostly once in a week. We are talking about feeding a fish twice-thrice daily with MSG.

FDA is a well recognized body which governs the use of food ingrediends and drugs etc in USA. On its website it says that MSG is GRAS and they have not been able to prove the harmful affects till now (the point is that they have not been able to prove and not that they have not received complains).

Having said that there is a lot of material on the internet which supports both the views.

I just want to make sure that my fishes stay healthy, that's why all this concern