Food additive · Flavor enhancer

Disodium inosinate

E-number
E631

A flavor enhancer usually used with MSG.

  • Food additive
  • Flavor enhancer
  • Ultra-processing marker
  • Expert review pending

Concern level

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 disodium inosinate 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 disodium inosinate

291 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list disodium inosinate. The 12 most scanned:

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)
  • e631
  • sodium inosinate
  • disodium inosinate
  • disodium 5 inosinate
  • flavour enhancer e631
  • flavour enhancers e631
  • flavour enhancers disodium inosinate

Sources

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

    Public Health Nutrition · April 2019 · Peer-reviewed

    doi.org