fat america | Metafilter: "Avoiding monosodium glutamate is especially hard because there are no laws requiring that MSG be labeled as such. It can legally be hidden as 'spices','natural flavors','yeast extract' or any number of other equally helpful designators.

Thing is, most americans don't really care what is in their food. If you ever try to tell someone about what is going on in the food industry it falls on deaf ears. They will tell you that they don't want to know, and don't tell them because then they might be grossed out by their favorite foods. "