Gives bread a pleasantly chewy texture and is excellent for binding ingredients in veggie burgers. Vital Wheat Gluten is a flour made exclusively from gluten. A little will improve the structure, elasticity and rise of raw bread dough. It's particularly beneficial used with low protein flours like whole wheat and rye or in recipes that have a lot of added ingredients like dried fruit and nuts. It's also an essential ingredient for making homemade seitan.