i was shocked to see it in my favorite fast food, chic fil -a. it gives me a headach i believe, heres the ingrediants, its listed twice??!chicken (whole breast filet, seasoning [salt, monosodium glutamate, sugar, spices, paprika], seasoned coater [enriched bleached wheat flour {with malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid}, sugar, salt, monosodium glutamate, nonfat milk, leavening {baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate}, spice, soybean oil, color {paprika}], milk wash [water, nonfat milk, egg], peanut oil [fully refined peanut oil, with Dimethylpolysiloxane, an anti-foam agent added]), bun (enriched flour [wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate {Vitamin B1}, riboflavin {Vitamin B2}], water, corn syrup, contains 2% or less of each of the following: liquid yeast, salt, wheat gluten, soy flour, dough conditioners [may contain one or more of the following: mono- and diglycerides, calcium and sodium stearoyl lactylates, calcium peroxide], amylase, yeast nutrients [monocalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate, ammonium sulfate], calcium propionate added to retard spoilage, cornstarch), butter oil [soybean oil, palm kernel oil, soy lecithin, artificial flavor, TBHQ and citric acid added as preservatives, and artificial color]), pickles (cucumbers, water, vinegar, salt, calcium chloride, alum, potassium sorbate [preservative], natural flavors, polysorbate 80, yellow 5, blue 1).
Hi, Ron. I have never had a problem with MSG, although my mother cannot eat it - it caused a headache in her also. It is pretty common for people to have a reaction to MSG, so I am always surprised when I still see it in food. Most Chinese food used to have MSG as an ingredient, but a lot of Chinese restaurants stopped using it.
I have never tried Chick Fil A -there is not a restaurant close to me. Danielle and I love some of the Schwann's foods and we order Spicy chicken breasts and curly fries!! I haven't tried their regular chicken breast, but I bet it is good.
Take care, Sherri
Hey Ron! Did you ever think it was the salt?
http://www.headaches.org/2015/01/15/cut-back-on-salt-to-decrease-headaches/
And not the msg?
http://www.fda.gov/Food/IngredientsPackagingLabeling/FoodAdditivesIngredients/ucm328728.htm
oh no, never noticed salt , i have noticed msg, also whatevers in claritin makes me spacy
Before the aneurysm, as a young adult I used to munch on all kinds of instant noodles and snackfoods with MSG in them, and never noticed anything unpleasant at all (except maybe my gut). I continued to do this even after the aneurysm, and did notice unpleasant feelings which I eventually did after some time connect to the consumption of those MSG food items. So now I tend to avoid the stuff. I'll still buy those instant noodle packets to boil and eat, but I'll throw away the MSG-loaded flavour pouches.