Manufacturers
often add gluten to products as a stabilizer and thickener.
Not exact matches
Sometimes, general baking rules like those you'd find out of Ruhlman's Ratio just don't apply to
gluten free cooking — one
often needs to alter amount of liquid to dry ingredients,
add more eggs, etc..
I also feel like I might be
adding to the confusion too because I
often share
gluten - free and vegan food, I know I get labelled as a
gluten free vegan.
There's
gluten in the graham - cracker crust and dairy and eggs in the filling, not to mention wheat flour
often added as thickener.
Glad you liked the taste but shame it turned out dry and rubbery, it's hard to say why, to be honest I don't work with vital wheat
gluten often at all as I can't buy it here (online only) so it's hard for me to troubleshoot as I don't have a lot of experience working with it: — RRB - The proportions of liquid should be just right in the recipe so maybe too much vital wheat
gluten got
added during the kneading stage?
Without
gluten to give structure and support the rise, it
often helps to
add a little extra lifting power in the form of additional baking powder.
As for flours, I didn't want to
add too many weird varieties, but from my experience with
gluten - free baking, more variety
often makes for a better end product.
Shanahan recommend sprouted breads as an alternative to regular breads, though many people will not tolerate even sprouted breads well (plus, these breads
often have
added gluten that is not neutralized by sprouting).
Hi Sarah,
gluten - free baked goods
often need a little more binding and that's why it's common to see it
added to
gluten free recipes.
When
gluten is taken out of baked goods,
often sugar, starches and fat are
added to provide structure.
In fact, extra
gluten is
often added to yeast bread for this purpose.
Often processed and packaged goods will
add gluten as a stabilizer to many kinds of products.
People with
gluten sensitivity even tends to react to caramel colouring and citric acid which are
often added to whisky, vodka, tequila and most of them aren't aware of it.
Even
adding it to pre-made
gluten - free flours does some fluffy, airy goodness that is most
often really needed in
gluten - free baking.
In many countries,
gluten is an important source of protein and is
often added to other foods that are low in nutritional protein.
You'll
often see corn
gluten and wheat
gluten listed on pet food labels — both are
added as a source of amino acids, the essential building blocks for protein that are required in pet diets.