Studies have shown that high sodium consumption can raise blood pressure, and high blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke. This is even as Ajinomoto Foods Nigeria Limited, an affiliate of a global food giant, Ajinomoto, has tasked Lagos residents with healthy living and low consumption of salt to reduce the risk of hypertension and other non-communicable diseases. Corporate communications manager of Ajinomoto Foods Nigeria Limited, Francisca Ikediashi, at the 13th Annual Symposium & Awards Ceremony of the Health Writers Association of Nigeria, HEWAN, held in Lagos, said people should avoid excessive salt intake, citing health reasons.
Ikediashi said the company had continually and significantly contributed to the promotion of good health and good culinary practice for healthy living of all families through the provision of nutritional seasoning products and other products of high quality to our consumers. The use of AJI-NO-MOTO food seasoning, a monosodium glutamate- a major kind of amino acid that enhances Umami taste, promotes healthy living by enhancing the flavour of food and reducing excessive salt consumption. She noted, adding that the safety of AJI-NO-MOTO had long been scientifically proven and its safety was approved by authorized agencies of the United Nations.
She explained that Umami translates to “deliciousness”, and the term was named in 1908 by a Japanese scientist Ikeda Kikunae to describe the savoury taste produced by glutamat.