MSG Is Often Used as a Seasoning to Enhance the Flavors

question 58

Multiple Choice

MSG is often used as a seasoning to enhance the flavors of meat, fish, and vegetables. Which type of taste receptor cell responds to MSG?

• A) Bitter
• B) Sour
• C) Umami
• D) Salty
• E) Sweet

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Definitions:

Variable Costing

An accounting method that only includes variable production costs (costs that change with the level of output) in the cost of goods sold and treats fixed costs as period costs.

Manufacturing Costs

The total costs incurred in the process of producing or manufacturing goods.

Absorption Costing

An accounting approach that factors in every manufacturing expense, like direct materials, direct labor, and both types of overhead (variable and fixed), into the product pricing.

Variable Costing

A costing method in which all variable manufacturing costs are included as inventory costs, while fixed manufacturing overhead is treated as an expense in the period incurred.