Table 4.

Assay of MSG in instant noodles and Chinese salt by the developed and reported methods

Food sample		Developed method	Reported HPLC method [46]
	Meana ± SD	681.86 ± 1.32	682.54 ± 2.05
Noodles	t-test	0.34	(2.776)b
	F-test	2.42	(19)b
	Meana ± SD	100.05 ± 0.40	99.66 ± 1.23
Chinese salt	t-test	0.39	(2.78)b
	F-test	4.73	(19)b

^aMean concentration was calculated for three determinations(mg/packet) for noodles and (% w/w) for Chinese salt

^bTabulated value for t-test (0.05) and F-test (0.05)