Dug through the forums to try and discover the origins of the name, and this is the only real answer I got. The only real explanation I saw was that it's a food additive...

Anyone have a clue if it means anything? Or was it just the result of a round of the "random article" lottery on Wikipedia?

I have a theory that the name e621 came from a dildo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate

MSG was classified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as generally recognized as safe (GRAS) and by the European Union as a food additive.

MSG has the HS code 29224220 and the E number E621.

TheHuskyK9 said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate

Right...I'm just wondering if the name was arbitrary or if it has any further meaning...

Dester said:
Right...I'm just wondering if the name was arbitrary or if it has any further meaning...

It's just to say that the site has good taste in art

I still think its named after a dildo.

It's "PURE FLAVOR" or something.

I thought it was the addictive properties...

Pure flavor? Not very "pure" now is it.

Hello everyone!
Monosodium glutamate serves as favour enhancer, so i guess it fits a furry image heap nicely. Take your average human, enhance it with animal traits (or vise versa? i don't know), and resulting mix will deliver on a whole new level. And be addictive as hell, of course :D

The name doesn't mean anything, it was just something that was typed up for a quicky and just kinda stuck.

The oldest answer I got was "e621 is the chemical "E" number for monosodium glutamate, a popular flavor enhancer. That's what we are, a popular flavor enhancer"

Meaning that e621 is to the internet what MSG is to the food industry; it enhances flavor and is the nutritional equivalent of salt

e926 (the work-safe version of e621) was named as such, because e926 is the e-number for Bleach.

:D

Varka said:
e926 (the work-safe version of e621) was named as such, because e926 is the e-number for Bleach.

:D

Lies. it's named after a dildo!

WTF is an "E-number" anyway?

PheagleAdler said:
WTF is an "E-number" anyway?

The eXXX is the short name /label for different types of Food Additives, meaning e621 is monosodium glutamate, e926 is chlorine dioxide, e236 is formic acid and so on.
Sometimes simply used to safe space in the list of ingredients but also used to not directly tell the consumer that there are types acid in his food commonly found in the spit of ants to ward of enemies.
Which is used in the food to make it resistant against mold.

e961 was a way better safe-site name, it stands for neotame, which is both a sweetener, AND has "tame" right in the name :\

Patch said:
Lies. it's named after a dildo!

That was your third push in this thread. Ease up dude.

I read somewhere the site's old motto was "No Flavors Added", and so the site name being e621 was sort of meant to be ironic in a way.

But I could just be remembering nonsense.

NotMeNotYou said:
The eXXX is the short name /label for different types of Food Additives, meaning e621 is monosodium glutamate, e926 is chlorine dioxide, e236 is formic acid and so on.
Sometimes simply used to safe space in the list of ingredients but also used to not directly tell the consumer that there are types acid in his food commonly found in the spit of ants to ward of enemies.
Which is used in the food to make it resistant against mold.

But why the letter E?

PheagleAdler said:
But why the letter E?

It's because the list was made for additives allowed for use in the European Union (EU), and the "E" stands for Europe. Basically since Europeans came up with the system, then they got to name it after themselves.

NotMeNotYou said:
...but also used to not directly tell the consumer that there are types acid in his food commonly found in the spit of ants to ward off enemies.
Which is used in the food to make it resistant against mold.

I actually love finding out those sorts of tidbits. Humans are such a ridiculously resourceful and creative species. I think it's amazing, and I really don't get why people freak out about it. I mean, that stuff is cool!

furrypickle said:
It's because the list was made for additives allowed for use in the European Union (EU), and the "E" stands for Europe. Basically since Europeans came up with the system, then they got to name it after themselves.

Funny is also that there are many e-numbers that aren't allowed in europe.