Extended data Low-gluten flour is short for low flour, also called cake flour, and it 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.
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