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What is low-gluten flour?
Low gluten flour is the abbreviation of low flour, also called cake flour, which is called thin flour in Japanese. Low gluten flour refers to flour with water content 13.8% and crude protein below 9.5%. It is usually used to make cakes, biscuits, cakes, cakes and so on.

Sponge cake is made of low-gluten flour. Because low-gluten flour has no strength, the cakes made are particularly soft, loose and flat. Low-gluten flour is similar to cake flour and pastry flour in daily life, but cake flour contains wheat starch and emulsifier besides low-gluten flour. Low-gluten flour refers to flour with water content 13.8% and crude protein content less than 9.5%, which has the functions of nourishing heart and kidney, clearing heat and quenching thirst.

The difference between low-gluten flour and ordinary flour is: different raw materials, different gluten content, different protein and different colors.

Different raw materials: the raw material of low-gluten flour is white soft wheat, and the raw material of ordinary flour is ordinary hard wheat.

Gluten content is different: the gluten content of low-gluten flour is 22%-26%, and that of ordinary flour is 29%-32%.

Protein is different: the protein content of low-gluten flour is less than 8.5%, and the protein content of ordinary flour is between 8.5%- 10%.

Different colors: low-gluten flour is whiter than ordinary flour.