This Standard is applicable to food additive of monosodium glutamate made from carbohydrates (such as starch, corn, molasses and other sugariness) through the fermentation, extraction, neutralization, crystallization, separating and drying by microorganisms such as corynebacterium glutamicum. 2 Chemical Name, Structural Formula, Molecular Formula and Relative Molecular Mass 2.1 Chemical name L-glutamate monosodium monohydrate (L-α-aminopentanedioic monosodium monohydrate) 2.2 Structural formula 2.3 Molecular formula C5H8NNaO4 • H2O 2.4 Relative molecular mass 187.13 (according to 2016 international relative atomic mass)
Basic Data
Standard ID
GB 1886.306-2020 (GB1886.306-2020)
Description (Translated English)
National food safety standard - Food additives - Monosodium Glutamate
Sector / Industry
National Standard
Classification of Chinese Standard
X09
Word Count Estimation
9,974
Date of Issue
2020-09-11
Date of Implementation
2021-03-11
Regulation (derived from)
National Health Commission Announcement No. 7 (2020) of the State Administration for Market Regulation
Issuing agency(ies)
National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China, State Administration for Market Regulation
