Magnesium glutamate

Magnesium glutamate (CAS 18543-68-5), also known by its food additive designation E625, is the magnesium salt of glutamic acid used as a flavor enhancer in food manufacturing.

It delivers umami taste amplification while simultaneously contributing a bioavailable magnesium source, making it relevant across both food formulation and nutritional supplement development.

In processed and savory food production, E625 enhances meaty, broth-like flavor profiles in soups, sauces, seasonings, and snack coatings. This often allows sodium reduction without sacrificing taste intensity.

Nutritional supplement formulators incorporate it as a mineral source where glutamate-bound magnesium offers favorable absorption characteristics compared to inorganic magnesium salts.

In pharmaceutical oral dosage forms, it functions as an excipient or active mineral component in magnesium supplementation products targeting dietary deficiency.

Functional food and sports nutrition manufacturers use it in powdered drink mixes and meal replacements where both flavor balance and mineral fortification are formulation objectives.

Magnesium glutamate is supplied as a white crystalline powder. Food-grade material conforming to E625 additive specifications is the primary commercial form available to buyers.

Pharmaceutical-grade material is also sourced for supplement and nutraceutical applications where tighter purity and documentation requirements apply to the manufacturing process.