Chicken essence and MSG are both seasoning agents used in cooking, and there are certain differences between the two in appearance, production process and main ingredients, and there is no saying which one is good for the body. MSG is white granular, the main component is monosodium glutamate, monosodium glutamate into the human body, involved in the metabolic process of human protein, to a certain extent on the brain and liver to play a certain role in health care, reasonable and scientific consumption of MSG is not harmful to the human body, but infants, pregnant women, lactating women and the elderly, as well as people suffering from hypertensive base disease, try to choose to eat less or not. This is because when monosodium glutamate enters the body to participate in metabolism, it tends to combine with zinc in the blood, leading to a zinc deficiency. Chicken essence is yellow granular, is based on MSG added to other chemicals, as well as chicken or chicken bone extract made, belongs to the complex flavoring agent, more delicious taste, the main freshness-enhancing ingredients for nucleotides. It also has more food additives and is not recommended for the same reasons as MSG for the people mentioned above. There are many manufacturers of chicken extracts and there are no completely consistent production guidelines, and the nutritional value of chicken extracts in chicken extracts is minimal. Therefore, you can choose according to your situation, but avoid overconsumption of all. When choosing a product you need to pay attention to check the production time and shelf life, etc. According to the scope of use and the amount of use, reasonable and appropriate consumption, then there is no significant damage to the human body, there is no difference between which is better for the body.