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Re:Impossible Foods has raised $75M for its plant-based burgers by jlebrech on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @08:05AM (#14909806)
wrong, this is what they used to synthesise MSG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylonitrile

I believe some MSG is still made with this and causes migraines and other heart issues, it's mostly phased out though, and can cause mixed reactions as the type of MSG isn't labelled, let alone MSG.

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Re:Impossible Foods has raised $75M for its plant-based burgers by mustacheemperor on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @11:13AM (#14911169)
>this and causes migraines and other heart issues

Until you can provide a shred of evidence for that I will assume you're just adding a layer of legitimate-sounding abstraction to the same superstition. Toxic precursors =/= toxic end products. This is chemistry, not alchemy.

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Re:Impossible Foods has raised $75M for its plant-based burgers by graphitezepp on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @08:37AM (#14910009)
Your link has no mention of the subject being directly used to manufacture MSG, and only mention a link to glutamic acid being used for syntheses of it. This is not adequate evidence that Acrylonitrile was ever present in commercial MSG.
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Re:Impossible Foods has raised $75M for its plant-based burgers by jlebrech on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @08:41AM (#14910049)
there are two known methods, acrylonitrile and bacteria as per this article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate#Productio...
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