Ko te whakauru i te tohu o te asidimi Glutamic ki te kai makuku houhere ake he mahi mātai, ā, ko te āwhina i te whakaaetanga ki te kai. He pūtake tōnuitia nō te kotahi o ngā herenga o te kiri (ngā asidimi amino) e hiahiatia ana mō te tipu me te whanaketanga o ngā kararehe, ka wātea te tohu o te asidimi glutamic hei whakapai ake i te hauora mā te hanga i te kai kararehe. Nō reira, he wāhanga matua tēnei o te mātai kai kararehe o nāianei. Ka whakarato mātou i ngā herekore mātai motuhake mō ngā kararehe e hāngai ana ki ō rātou momo rerekē me te pakeke.