Vital wheat gluten
Vital wheat gluten
Commodity Name: Vital Wheat Gluten
CAS No.:【.: 8002-80-0】
EOMECS No.:【.: 232-317-7】
MDL No.:【.: MFCD00131201】
Synonyms: Wheat Gluten Powder, Wheat Meal
Wheat gluten is a food made from gluten, the main protein of wheat. It is made by washing wheat flour dough with water until all the starch granules have been removed, leaving the sticky insoluble gluten as an elastic mass which is then cooked before being eaten.
The name seitan is now widely used in vegetarian, vegan, wholefood and macrobiotic circles for wheat gluten dishes
Main Application:
1.It can be used as natural additive to be added into flour to produce wheat powder for bread,
needles, dumplings and fine dried noodles.
2. It can be used in the food industry to produce gluten, bran dough, ham sausage, steamed bean
curd roll vegetarian "chicken", lunch meat canned food, etc.
3. It can be used as replacer of a-starch to be used in the feed of eel and turtle, or used as a
protein resource to replace fish powder.
4. It can be used in bulked feed to offer protein and improve the outlook of feed. Moreover, it also
can be used to increase the vegetable protein assay of food.
Items | Specification (Food Grade) |
Description | White yellow flowing powder, normal taste, grain sweet small |
Moisture | ≤9% |
Protein (N X 6.25) | ≥82% |
Ash | ≤1.0% |
Water absorption rate | ≥150% |
PH | 5-6.5 |
Fat | ≤1.8% |
Carbohydrates | ≤15% |
Total plate count | ≤1000cfu/g |
Yeast and moulds | ≤100cfu/g |
Coliform | None |
STAPH. AUREUS | None |
Salmonella | None |
Packing and Transportation
Kraft paper bag of 25kg net, or jumbo bag of 850kg, 1,000kg
The transportation shall be in accordance with the requirement of general chemicals.
Storage: Store in a cool, dry, ventilated environment.
