# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 828/2014 of 30 July 2014 on the requirements for the provision of information to consumers on the absence or reduced presence of gluten in food (Text with EEA relevance), Article 2: Definitions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) ‘gluten’ means a protein fraction from wheat, rye, barley, oats or their crossbred varieties and derivatives thereof, to which some persons are intolerant and which is insoluble in water and 0,5 M sodium chloride solution;
(b) ‘wheat’ means any Triticum species.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/828/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-828/article-2
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