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Rye bread needs acid to hold together

Rye flour lacks strong gluten, and its enzymes attack starch unless acidified Rye contains little of the gluten that gives wheat dough its elasticity, and its starch is vulnerable to enzymes that turn it sticky. A sourdough starter acidifies the dough, which slows those enzymes, while pentosans in the flour hold water and structure. That is why most traditional rye breads are sour rather than simply yeasted. It sits in Mondo's food collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Rye flour lacks strong gluten, and its enzymes attack starch unless acidified. The figure is taken from Institute of Food Technologists, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a food fact?: Yes. It sits on the Food shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.