Monoammonium Glutamate
Monoammonium Glutamate carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 13 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Monoammonium Glutamate appears in 13 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “GRAS.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 13
- catalogued products
- #12,640
- usage rank of 247,206
- 4
- named brands represented
- 35%
- average depth down ingredient lists
Catalog prevalence comes from Open Food Facts ingredient lists. FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine labels are shown only when the source record contains them.
Monoammonium Glutamate: top-decile catalog footprint (#12,640 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #12,640
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 716 others that also appear in exactly 13 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 35%
- Mean relative depth 35% across 13 parsed labels, slot 10.3 on average. Monoammonium Glutamate tends to sit in the upper half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
76.9% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Monoammonium Glutamate as the trigger. Open records such as Chicken bouillon Sodium Free; Granulated Beef Bouillon; Granulated Bouillon and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 90.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 35% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
76.9% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 13 of 13 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.
Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.
Function
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 13 sampled products listed below: its overall safety score against how many separately flagged ingredients its label carries. Bubble size is the number of ingredient rows the label actually resolved to.
Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Monoammonium Glutamate
Products Containing Monoammonium Glutamate
A sample of 13 high-volume listings among the 13 indexed products containing Monoammonium Glutamate:
Monoammonium Glutamate vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Monoammonium Glutamate: 13 listings averaging 90/100.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Monoammonium Glutamate evidence
13 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Monoammonium Glutamate are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Monoammonium Glutamate to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Browse ingredient records
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Monoammonium Glutamate sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
76.9% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Monoammonium Glutamate is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Monoammonium Glutamate scores 3/5 on this site's screening scale with FDA SAFFA status "GRAS". None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Monoammonium Glutamate? ▼
Monoammonium Glutamate ranks in the top decile by product count (#12,640 of 247,206), appearing in 13 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What function does Monoammonium Glutamate serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Monoammonium Glutamate is recorded as a flavor enhancer, stabilizer or thickener in source technical-effect fields. In high co-flag products, that function coexists with other caution-marked components — inspect the full list rather than isolating this role.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Monoammonium Glutamate). Safety ratings: CSPI Chemical Cuisine; product presence: Open Food Facts via PlainFoodSafe (September 2026). Figures are computed from those sources, no editor-typed counts. Methodology · State regulations.