Monosodium Glutamate is produced by fermentation of molasses. Fermentation is a chemical breakdown of substance. MSG's raw materials is cassava. To produce MSG there are three methods hydrolysis of vegetable proteins with hydrochloric acid to disrupt peptide bonds. The next step is glutamic acid extraction then glutamic acid separation. They neutralize and colorize by putting in caustic soda which make its crystallizes. It goes through filtration. It then dries and sieves. After when that's all done it goes to packaging and then storage to ship them internationally.