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I am not a VA/DC resident but have lived in that area before.
Just after my wife and I were married we were stationed in Honolulu and started using MSG as it was labled as a meat tenderizer. Over the years (I'm 83) she became mildly allergic to the extent that we had to ask in all oriental restaurants if they use MSG (a chemical) or Yeast Extract (NATURAL MSG), of which extremely few DO NOT USE IT. Since I retired we started doing our own broth and freezing it in quart containers, I am not using pint containers as I am alone.
I have also been trying to find REAL chicken stock/broth that does not have either but since everything went overseas that is quickly becoming impossible.
BYW: Yeast Extract is a ?Natural? produce other than it is highly processed to get it as extract. If you check the "Made in" on the labels you will find that our government has allowed just about all overseas producers to leave that out and instead it only shows "Distributed by" which in most cases is the original manufacturer. A few of the manufacturers are still putting the 'made in' on the label but CHINA has totally removed it from everything they produce and seems to be in the process of addicting Americans to CHEAP ('40's definition) products but in the food arena are using yeast extract/MSG to cover up what I call "LOW QUALITY FOODS" because in China yeast extract is CHEAP.
Just after my wife and I were married we were stationed in Honolulu and started using MSG as it was labled as a meat tenderizer. Over the years (I'm 83) she became mildly allergic to the extent that we had to ask in all oriental restaurants if they use MSG (a chemical) or Yeast Extract (NATURAL MSG), of which extremely few DO NOT USE IT. Since I retired we started doing our own broth and freezing it in quart containers, I am not using pint containers as I am alone.
I have also been trying to find REAL chicken stock/broth that does not have either but since everything went overseas that is quickly becoming impossible.
BYW: Yeast Extract is a ?Natural? produce other than it is highly processed to get it as extract. If you check the "Made in" on the labels you will find that our government has allowed just about all overseas producers to leave that out and instead it only shows "Distributed by" which in most cases is the original manufacturer. A few of the manufacturers are still putting the 'made in' on the label but CHINA has totally removed it from everything they produce and seems to be in the process of addicting Americans to CHEAP ('40's definition) products but in the food arena are using yeast extract/MSG to cover up what I call "LOW QUALITY FOODS" because in China yeast extract is CHEAP.
