FOOD USES OF WHEAT GLUTEN

New separation methods for wheat gluten have increased production and made possible the use of mass wheat as a raw material. This widens the use of gluten in the fields where functional as well as baking properties are important. Solubility, swelling, viscosity and nutritional aspects of gluten are reviewed. The current applications of wheat gluten are mainly in baked products, breakfast foods, and meat analogs. Many chemical modifications of gluten have been developed. Modifications are not in use, but the increased gluten production will bring them into use. © 1979 The American Oil Chemists' Society.