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Gluten is a combination of proteins that form an elastic network that gives wheat-, oat-, barley-, and rye-based baked goods their structure. Wheat-free is the absence of any part of the wheat berry; gluten-free is the absence of gluten – which again, can be found in oats, rye, and barley, as well as in wheat.
