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of seitan. Commercially packaged seitan.  Wheat gluten, also
called seitan (Japanese: セイタン), wheat meat, gluten meat, or
simply gluten, is a food made from gluten, the main protein of
wheat. It is made by washing wheat flour dough with water until
all the starch granules have been removed, leaving the sticky
insoluble gluten as an elastic mass which is then cooked before
being eaten.[1]   Wheat gluten has historically been popular in
the cuisines of China, Japan and other East and Southeast Asian
nations. In Asia, it is commonly found on the menus of
restaurants catering primarily to Buddhist customers who do not
eat meat.   Canned fried wheat gluten ("vegetarian mock duck"),
product of Taiwan. Fried wheat gluten ("vegetarian mock duck"),
product of Taiwan. Contents of the can above.   Wheat gluten,
called miàn jīn in Chinese (traditional: , simplified: ,
literally "dough tendon"; also spe