Question 1

How much vital wheat gluten do I add to all-purpose flour?

Accepted Answer

Mix all-purpose flour with vital wheat gluten (~75% protein) until the blend hits your target. For 500g at 14% target protein from 11.7% AP flour, blend 482g AP flour with 18g vital wheat gluten.

Question 2

How do you make bread flour from all-purpose flour?

Accepted Answer

Add vital wheat gluten (VWG) to all-purpose flour to raise total protein content to your target (usually 12–14% for bread flour).

Question 3

What is a vital wheat gluten calculator?

Accepted Answer

It tells you how much VWG powder (~75% protein) to blend into a weaker flour so the mix matches bread-flour or high-gluten protein. That is what this Flour Protein Calculator does.