Are seasoning cubes (maggi) bad for you? Watch to find out the truth about MSG. As health professionals, our focus should be on getting the population to embrace our beautiful herbs, spices, condiments so we can lower the excess sodium emergency we have found ourselves in Nigeria. We consume 10g-20g of glutamate from our diet daily, glutamate from seasoning cubes/ condiments account for less than 10%. Demonising MSG has absolutely no basis in science. Let people get their umami however they want