This handy chart gives a good idea of the broad range of prepared foods that contain, or may contain, MSG. You may be surprised that many seemingly inocuous ingredients, like rice syrup, whey protein, malt extract and corn starch, contain MSG. Even a simple ingredient listing like "seasoning" may be "code" for MSG.
The Price-Pottenger Foundation website has a very interesting write-up of the potential dangers of MSG and the history of the use of the product in the US. Nutrition4Health.org also has a lot of interesting information, including many common adverse reactions.
