Food additive · Flavor enhancer
Disodium guanylate
- E-number
- E627
A flavor enhancer usually used with MSG.
- Food additive
- Flavor enhancer
- Ultra-processing marker
- Expert review pending
Concern level
A minor or very limited concern, such as being an ultra-processing marker only. The concern level sets how many points disodium guanylate costs on a product’s receipt.
What the evidence says
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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 disodium guanylate
289 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list disodium guanylate. The 12 most scanned:
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Ramen Noodle Soup Chicken Flavor Maruchan · 85 g Score 15 out of 100 Bad -
Nacho Cheese Flavored Doritos Doritos · 9.25 oz (262.2 g) Score 15 out of 100 Bad -
Nacho Cheese Doritos · 1 oz (28.3 g) Score 22 out of 100 Poor -
Original Light Pringles · 5.5 oz / 158 g Score 15 out of 100 Bad -
Chicken Ramen Noodle Soup Nissin · 3 oz Score 27 out of 100 Poor - Instant Lunch, Ramen Noodles With Vegetables, Chicken Maruchan · 2.25 oz/64 g Score 28 out of 100 Poor
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Shin Ramyun Nongshim · 120 g Score 13 out of 100 Bad -
Ramen Noodle Soup Maruchan · 3 oz Score 9 out of 100 Bad -
Doritos Cool Ranch Flavored Tortilla Chips Frito Lay · 9.25 oz Score 19 out of 100 Bad -
Nacho Cheese Flavored Tortilla Chips Doritos · 411 g Score 15 out of 100 Bad -
Flamin' Hot Crunchy Cheese Flavored Snacks Cheetos · 8.5 oz (240.9 g) Score 13 out of 100 Bad -
Doritos Cool Ranch flavored Doritos Tortilla Chips · 1 oz (28.3 g) Score 19 out of 100 Bad
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 (6)
- e627
- sodium guanylate
- disodium guanylate
- disodium 5 guanylate
- flavour enhancers e627
- flavour enhancers disodium guanylate