Use of Monosodium Glutamate for Improving the Palatability of Amino Acid Rations.

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Abstract
Mice fed rations containing free amino acids as the source of N generally find them more unpalatable than rations containing casein. This inferior palatability results in lower food consumption and suboptimal growth, especially during the first week. The final wts. of such animals show considerable variation and do not equal those of mice fed a casein ration, even though food consumption of the former group is about the same as that of the latter after the first week. The initial lag period cart be eliminated by the addition of 1% of mono-sodium glutamate to the amino acid ration. The effect of this supplement is to increase the palatability of the ration, thus causing a greater food consumption which results in a growth rate more closely approximating that obtained on a casein ration.

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