In fact, many Westerners directly equate MSG with Chinese food, the reason being that there actually often is a goodly amount of MSG in Chinese food. Information from the Taiwan Monosodium Glutamate Manufacturers Association indicates that last year the average daily intake per person in the ROC was 4.07 g, much higher than the 0.5-l.0 g daily per capita intake in the United States.
事實上，西方人會把味精與中國菜畫上等號，多半還是因為中國菜裡，味精放得多的緣故。味精公會的資料顯示，去年國人平均每人每天的味精用量是四．○七公克，跟美國平均每人○．五到一公克的攝取量相比，的確高出甚多。