What Exactly Is Gluten?

What is Gluten?

If you are new to gluten free living you might me wondering what exactly Gluten is. Put simply gluten is a protein which is found in wheat, barley, rye, and malt. It is also used as an additive for thickening, stabilising and flavouring.

Some strict Gluten free diets also exclude Oats which are often exposed to cross contamination of Gluten. Some of the most common Gluten foods are pizza, crackers, pasta, cookies, bread, bagels and beer. Of course this list includes some of people’s favourite foods. Luckily there are now Gluten free versions of virtually every food that you can think of.