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This study is aimed to elauvate monosodium glutamate content in food items. In the study prepration and analysis of sample and prepare the standard solution while same procedure. Monosodium glutamate stock solution was prepared by dissolving 3g of pure monosodium glutamate in 20ml of distilled water and filtered. Then from the filtrate 1 ml,2ml,3ml,4ml,5ml is pipette out. Add 4ml of freshly prepared 0.5% ninhydrin solution and heat under waterbath until blue color is appeared. Cool the solution and absorbance is measured using uv visible spectrophotometer at a wavelength of 571nm. In the ninhydrin test, a solution of different samples of food products was added with 0.5% ninhydrin reagent. Then heated into a water bath for a few minutes so that the ninhydrin could react with free ? amino acids found in monosodium glutamate which was indicated by a change in color from clear to blue and the results obtained from the different samples are positive for Monosodium Glutamate (MSG).