Glycerol Monostearate is a glycerol ester of stearic acid manufactured through chemical synthesis, available as colorless flaky powder. It’s widely used as thickening, emulsifying, anti-caking, and preservative agent in food production for its a great thickening, emulsifying, anti-caking, and preservative agent.
Yes. Glycerol Monostearate is gluten free and widely used in gluten free food to provide baking preparations to add "body" to the food to ice cream and whipped cream.
To answer this question, we need to clarify another question: what is gluten. Gluten is protein composite found in wheat and related grains, including barley and rye. (Wikipedia) First, gluten is a protein. Second, gluten is mainly found in wheat and related grains. As we mentioned before, Glycerol Monostearateis a glycerol ester of stearic acid which is significantly different from protein. Raw materials used in manufacturing of Glycerol Monostearate are ther synthesized chemical ingredients; Glycerol Monostearate barely includes gluten impurity. So, Glycerol Monostearate is gluten free.
Glycerol Monostearate is widely used in food production to provide baking preparations to add "body" to the food to ice cream and whipped cream. Glycerol Monostearate is usually used in processed food rather than daily recipe.
Celiac disease: Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease that attacks the small intestine due to the presence of gluten, for which a gluten-free diet is the only medically-accepted treatment. In 2009 research showed between 0.5 and 1.0 percent of people in the US and UK are sensitive to gluten due to celiac disease. So people with Celiac disease have to stick to gluten free diet to avoid unexpected side effect caused by consumption of gluten.
Non-celiac gluten sensitivity: Some people may be sensitive to gluten but do not have celiac disease and feel better on a diet with less gluten. However, there are no specific symptoms confirmed. Non-celiac gluten sensitivity also drives more people to gluten free diet when people believe that they feel better when eating gluten free.
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