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IELTS Listening Test - Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)

Choose the correct letter A, B or C.

Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)

31. The speaker says the main topic of the lecture is

A. the history of monosodium glutamate B. the way monosodium glutamate works C. where monosodium glutamate is used

32. In 1908, scientists in Japan

A. made monosodium glutamate B. began using kombu C. identified glutamate

33. What change occurred in the manufacture of glutamate in 1956?

A. It began to be manufactured on a large scale B. The Japanese began extracting it from natural sources C. It became much more expensive to produce

Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)

MSG contains

Glutamate (78.2%)

Sodium (12.2%)

34. (9.6%)

Glutamate is found in foods that contain protein such as 35. and 36.

MSG is used in foods in many different parts of the world.

In 1908 Kikunae Ikeda discovered a 37.

Our ability to detect glutamate makes sense because it is so 38. naturally.

John Prescott suggests that:

Sweetness tells us that a food contains carbohydrates.

39. tells us that a food contains toxins.

sourness tells us that a food is spoiled.

Saltiness tells us that a food contains 40.