It is used in order to prevent gluten-free bread and pastries from crumbling apart and in order that the relatively small group of people with an intolerance for gluten are able to eat bread and pastries in the same form as other healthy people.
Det anvendes for at undgå, at glutenfrit brød og glutenfrit bagværk skal smuldre, og for at den relativt lille gruppe personer, som er allergiske over for gluten, skal kunne spise brød og bagværk i samme former som andre raske personer.