But it wasn't until 1908 that the ingredient inkombu which was responsible for the improvementin flavour was actually discovered to be glutamate byscientists working there.
From 1908 until 1956,glutamate was producedcommercially in Japan by a very slow and expensivemeans of extraction.it was in 1956 that the speedof the process was improved,and industrialproduction increased dramatically and still continuesto increase to this day.In fact,hundreds ofthousands of tonnes of MSG are produced all overthe world today.