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Food additive · Flavor enhancer

Other glutamates

E-number
E622

Glutamate salts used as flavor enhancers.

  • Food additive
  • Flavor enhancer
  • Ultra-processing marker
  • Expert review pending
Low concern Level 1 of 4 How concern levels work

A minor or very limited concern, such as being an ultra-processing marker only. The concern level sets how many points other glutamates costs on a product’s receipt.

What the evidence says

  • Marker of ultra-processingInfo

    An additive class typical of ultra-processed foods (NOVA group 4). [1]

Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.

Popular products that list other glutamates

4 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list other glutamates.

Diets and allergens

Vegan
Yes
Vegetarian
Yes
Gluten-free
Yes

For the ingredient in general. Always check the package: a product’s own labels win.

Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (7)
  • e622
  • glutamic acid
  • other glutamates
  • calcium glutamate
  • magnesium glutamate
  • potassium glutamate
  • monopotassium glutamate

Sources

  1. Ultra-processed foods: what they are and how to identify them

    Public Health Nutrition · April 2019 · Peer-reviewed

    doi.org