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  "id": "https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/wheat-gluten",
  "slug": "wheat-gluten",
  "name": "Wheat gluten",
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  "summary": "Wheat gluten is the protein that gives bread dough its stretch, added to flour to strengthen it and used on its own as seitan. It is the protein people with coeliac disease must avoid, and a declarable allergen.",
  "derivation_summary": "Washed out of wheat flour dough with water, leaving the starch behind, then dried.",
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      "jurisdiction": "US",
      "jurisdiction_name": "United States",
      "authority": "Food and Drug Administration",
      "status": "permitted",
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          "citation": {
            "ref": "21 CFR 184.1322",
            "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-184.1322"
          },
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "CODEX",
      "jurisdiction_name": "Codex Alimentarius",
      "authority": "Codex Alimentarius Commission / JECFA",
      "status": "not_listed",
      "status_label": "Not listed",
      "note": "Does not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.",
      "provision_count": 0,
      "provisions": []
    }
  ],
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  "sources": [
    {
      "key": "ecfr",
      "name": "Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21",
      "publisher": "U.S. Government Publishing Office / National Archives",
      "licence": "Public domain",
      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-31/title-21.xml",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07T18:25:51.549Z"
    }
  ],
  "citation_policy": "Cite as: Food Additive Index, \"Wheat gluten\", https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/wheat-gluten. This site reports regulatory status and does not rate additives.",
  "generated_at": "2026-09-08T00:09:38.774Z"
}