- Our Vital Wheat Gluten is sourced from natural gluten, which is the main wheat protein. It contains 75% wheat gluten protein. Vital Wheat Gluten is simply wheat protein in a powdered form. – Vital Wheat Gluten is also known as Wheat Gluten. – Add 7% Vital Wheat Gluten to change flour into a high gluten flour with a protein content of 14%. Adding 5 to 15 percent Vital Wheat Gluten to flour will act as a binder in the finished product.