A pharmaceutical composition comprising a polymeric binder including a high molecular weight synthetic polymer having a backbone constituted of non hydrolysable covalent bonds, said polymer being able to form electrostatic bonds at a pH lower than the isoelectric point of gluten and peptides derived from the degradation of gluten, and being able to bind to gluten or peptides derived from the degradation of gluten in the gastrointestinal tract, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Methods of using the polymeric binder for binding gluten or a peptide derived from the degradation of gluten, for decreasing the degradation of gluten into toxic peptides or for decreasing interaction of gluten or peptides derived from the degradation of gluten with the gastrointestinal mucosa.

A pharmaceutical composition comprising a polymeric binder including a high molecular weight synthetic polymer having a backbone constituted of non hydrolysable covalent bonds, said polymer being able to form electrostatic bonds at a pH lower than the isoelectric point of gluten and peptides derived from the degradation of gluten, and being able to bind to gluten or peptides derived from the degradation of gluten in the gastrointestinal tract, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Methods of using the polymeric binder for binding gluten or a peptide derived from the degradation of gluten, for decreasing the degradation of gluten into toxic peptides or for decreasing interaction of gluten or peptides derived from the degradation of gluten with the gastrointestinal mucosa.

The invention relates to a mixture intended to be hydrated to form a paste-like composition comprising gluten, for producing pasta, said mixture including a wheat flour composed substantially exclusively of soft wheat flour, a reducing agent and an amylose complexing agent and said flour being the only source of gluten in said paste-like composition. The invention also relates to a gluten-containing paste-like composition, intended to be shaped and dried to form pasta and comprising the above type of mixture and water to hydrate said mixture. The invention further relates to pasta prepared by shaping and drying a paste-like composition of this type, and to a method for production of the same.

The invention relates to a mixture intended to be hydrated to form a paste-like composition comprising gluten, for producing pasta, said mixture including a wheat flour composed substantially exclusively of soft wheat flour, a reducing agent and an amylose complexing agent and said flour being the only source of gluten in said paste-like composition. The invention also relates to a gluten-containing paste-like composition, intended to be shaped and dried to form pasta and comprising the above type of mixture and water to hydrate said mixture. The invention further relates to pasta prepared by shaping and drying a paste-like composition of this type, and to a method for production of the same.