Vital Wheat Gluten is a natural protein found in wheat. It is produced by leaching wheat flour dough in water until all the starch dissolves leaving insoluble elastic mass as gluten. It is then dried and grounded back Into a powder.
Vital Wheat Gluten is also use as Ingredient for meat substitutes. It acts as a binder for meatballs, meatloaf, veggie burger, and other vegetarian foods. It is also use as natural binder in shrimp feed pellets. Besides that, its high protein helps the small shrimp to increase its size rapidly.
Vital Wheat Gluten commonly used for :
Improving the texture and quality of wheat flour and thus improving its end products such as noodle
Adding 1% - 2% to bread dough improves the texture and elastically of the dough. It helps the dough to rise and stay risen during the baking process. This is often used by the commercial bakeries to produce light texture breads.
Can be use to substitute meat for vegetarian food.
Vital Wheat Gluten can be used to increase elasticity for meat product such as sausage