Editing Seitan (section)

==Production==

Gluten is traditionally extracted from wheat flour. A [[dough]] is washed in water until most of the [[starch]] granules have been removed, leaving behind the sticky, insoluble gluten as an elastic mass. This mass is cooked in a variety of ways and eaten.<ref>{{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H2qzA50jZQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/5H2qzA50jZQ| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live| title=How to make your Gluten at home| date=2 January 2007| work=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
There are several industrial methods for separating gluten from starch.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Modern methods of separation the components of wheat |date=2000|volume=2|issue=23S|journal=Polish Society of Food Technologists |url=https://journal.pttz.org/magazine-archive/modern-methods-of-separation-the-components-of-wheat/}}</ref>

Powdered forms of wheat gluten are also industrially produced and sold as an alternative way to make seitan. Their production involves hydrating hard wheat flour to activate the gluten, and then processing the hydrated mass to remove the starch. This leaves only the gluten, which is then dried and ground back into a powder, and can be used by consumers to make a seitan-like product.<ref name="thekitchn.com">[http://www.thekitchn.com/vital-wheat-gluten-what-is-it-84612 Thekitchn.com ''Vital Wheat Gluten'']; The Kitchen; website; accessed October 2016</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Asbell |first1=Robin |title=What Is Seitan and How Do You Cook with It? |url=https://www.thekitchn.com/what-is-seitan-22983660 |website=Kitchn |language=en}}</ref> 

When prepared to eat, seitan is generally marinated with a variety of ingredients.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-01|title=Easy Homemade Seitan Recipe - Vegans 247|url=https://vegans247.com/easy-homemade-seitan-recipe/,%20https://vegans247.com/easy-homemade-seitan-recipe/|access-date=2021-11-11|language=en-US}}</ref>