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Is glutamate gluten?

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Glutamate is an amino acid and is not related to gluten which is a protein in wheat.

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Glutamate is not gluten. Glutamate is one type of a single amino acid, that is, the smallest unit of a protein. Gluten is much larger; two proteins of many amino acids. Some people cannot digest gluten, that is break it down into it's smallest units.

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