Cereal Chem 63:97-103   |  VIEW ARTICLE
The Potential of Hull-less Barley. A Review.

R. S. Bhatty. Copyright 1986 by the American Association of Cereal Chemists, Inc. 

The potential of hull-less barley for use as feed and food is discussed and pertinent literature reviewed. Hull-less barley is nutritionally superior to hulled barley for swine and poultry. Only broiler chicks are unable to utilize hull-less barley like hulled barley, mainly because of beta-D-glucans; however, their deleterious effects are completely removed by gamma irradiation or treatment of the grain with exogenous preparations containing beta-D-glucanases. Hull-less barley can be pearled, malted, or milled to flour (about 72% yield) with conventional equipment used for milling soft wheat. The malt can be used directly, like wheat malt, in many food preparations. Barley flour has many potential uses in bread and nonbread bakery products.