The word seitan is of Japanese origin and was coined in 1961 by George Ohsawa, a Japanese advocate of the macrobiotic diet, to refer to a wheat gluten product created by Ohsawa's student Kiyoshi Mokutani.
The word seitan is of Japanese origin. The word seitan was coined in 1961 by George Ohsawa. This was to refer to a wheat gluten product created by Ohsawa's student Kiyoshi Mokutani. George Ohsawa is a Japanese advocate of the macrobiotic diet.