But Glutamate is not responsible for a lot of things it is accused of. Industrially produced glutamate is chemically identical to that which occurs naturally – for example, in Parmesan. It is not harmful to health“, says RONDO, the magazine of the Austrian daily Der Standard“. The report of Tobias Müller also describes that more and more gourmet chefs are arguing in favor of the “umami”-taste and the valuable ingredient glutamate.