Chinese Wheat Gluten Denied US Entry

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Gluten is a mixture of proteins. It is added to food products to increase the protein content. The glutenin in wheat flour gives kneaded dough its elasticity, allowing leavening and contributing chewiness to baked products like bagels. So next time you stop and pick up a bagel for breakfast you'll know more about why that bagel is so chewy. People with Coeliac Disease, are not able to digest gluten and must have a gluten-free diet.

The Food and Drug Administration says it refused 27 of 135 shipments of Chinese wheat gluten that came to the USA between April 24 and July 26. Fifty-two passed; 56 await review. The FDA in April started restricting Chinese wheat gluten unless the importer proved that shipments were melamine free.