“Fairly early during lockdown in desperation I purchased a 16kg bag of so called bread flour from a local supermarket, but I could not even make a half decent loaf with it, I suspect that it is just plain flour. I noticed that Bakery Bits were selling Vital Wheat Gluten I purchased half a kilo to try. I wasn't sure from the instructions on the bag if the Gluten should be mixed with water before adding to my flour, I chose to add it dry then add extra water at the dough stage. It worked, I have now made several very acceptable loaves and a couple of batches of bread rolls. The bread if anything has a slightly cakey texture (not that anyone else has noticed or commented ) It makes excellent toast. To sum up I am extremely happy to
highly recommend Vital Wheat Gluten, can't fault it for quality or effectiveness. My only negative comment, on delivery the outer package was torn quite badly, the inner packages were close to coming out, possibly being lost. The inner packages were not damaged, other than that Five Stars.”
“Tried this out as a way to get a bit of rise from a rye whole wheat and white bread flour sourdough which had 20 pc cornmeal/polenta added for flavour.
Worked! I'm not a connaisseur of vital wheat gluten - it's the first I've bought. But it did what I hoped it would for a sensible price. Result!”
“The gluten hasn't changed the structure of my bread, as far as I can see, but presumably ups the protein content. I had always wanted to try it and am happy with my purchase.”
“This products certainly helps with a weak flour protein. I recommend this and keeps some in my store cupboard, if required to improve the texture of my bread.”
