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Dairy vs Gluten - What's the difference?

dairy | gluten |

As nouns the difference between dairy and gluten

is that dairy is a place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese while gluten is (cereal protein).

As an adjective dairy

is referring to products produced from milk.

dairy

English

(wikipedia dairy)

Noun

(dairies)
  • A place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese.
  • A dairy farm.
  • A shop selling dairy products.
  • (also dairy products'' or ''dairy produce ) Products produced from milk.
  • (New Zealand) A corner-store, superette or 'mini-mart' of some description.

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    Derived terms

    * dairymaid * nondairy

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Referring to products produced from milk.
  • Referring to the milk production and processing industries
  • (British) On food labelling, containing fats only from dairy sources (e.g. dairy ice cream).

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    gluten

    English

    (wikipedia gluten)

    Noun

  • (obsolete) Fibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours").
  • *, Bk.I, New York, 2001, p.147:
    • The radical or innate is daily supplied by nourishment, which some call cambium, and make those secondary humours of ros and gluten to maintain it […].
  • The major protein in cereal grains, especially wheat; responsible for the elasticity in dough and the structure in baked bread.
  • * 2010 , Felicity Cloake, Word of Mouth Blog, The Guardian , 10 Jun 2010:
    • Unfortunately, wholemeal bread is, according to many experts, a tricky thing to get right, as the lower gluten content of the flour makes for dense results [...].
  • (rare, geology) A gluey, sticky mass of clay, bitumen etc.
  • * 1988 , James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom , Oxford 2004, p. 669:
    • Despite constant rain that turned roads to gluten , the Yankees kept moving.

    Derived terms

    * gluten bread * gluten casein * gluten fibrin * gluten-free * glutinous

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