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Ingredients Descriptions and Photos
Barley

Barley

Barley-cup
(Barley)  Most people are familiar with pearl barley, but whole grain barley has a much fuller flavor, as well as being more nutritious.  Barley was also an important grain in Biblical times, being the grain that Ruth gleaned in Boaz's field some 3,000 years ago.  We purchase our whole grain barley from the co-op or from a health food store.  We use whole grain barley as one of the ingredients in bread and in other recipes containing barley.  The photo to the left shows the actual size of the barley grains.  See the nutritional chart below. 

Barley

Scientific Name: Hordeum vulgare L.

NDB No: 20004

Nutrient Units Value per
100 grams of
edible portion
Sample
Count
Std.
Error
Proximates
Water
g
9.44
7
0.554
Energy
kcal
354
0
 
Energy
kj
1481
0
 
Protein
g
12.48
12
0.574
Total lipid (fat)
g
2.30
6
0.253
Carbohydrate, by difference
g
73.48
0
 
Fiber, total dietary
g
17.3
0
 
Ash
g
2.29
14
0.077
Minerals
Calcium, Ca
mg
33
16
1.773
Iron, Fe
mg
3.60
19
0.154
Magnesium, Mg
mg
133
16
3.571
Phosphorus, P
mg
264
9
24.799
Potassium, K
mg
452
16
8.962
Sodium, Na
mg
12
15
1.241
Zinc, Zn
mg
2.77
28
0.081
Copper, Cu
mg
0.498
25
0.021
Manganese, Mn
mg
1.943
21
0.149
Vitamins
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid
mg
0.0
0
 
Thiamin
mg
0.646
2
 
Riboflavin
mg
0.285
2
 
Niacin
mg
4.604
0
 
Pantothenic acid
mg
0.282
0
 
Vitamin B-6
mg
0.318
3
0.038
Folate, total
mcg
19
6
1.847
Folic acid
mcg
0
0
 
Folate, food
mcg
19
6
1.847
Folate, DFE
mcg_DFE
19
0
 
Vitamin B-12
mcg
0.00
0
 
Vitamin A, IU
IU
22
0
 
Vitamin A, RE
mcg_RE
2
0
 
Vitamin E
mg_ATE
0.600
0
 
Tocopherol, alpha
mg
0.57
0
 
Lipids
Fatty acids, total saturated
g
0.482
0
 
12:0
g
0.006
299
 
14:0
g
0.011
299
 
16:0
g
0.411
299
 
18:0
g
0.017
299
 
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated
g
0.295
0
 
16:1 undifferentiated
g
0.006
299
 
18:1 undifferentiated
g
0.241
299
 
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated
g
1.108
0
 
18:2 undifferentiated
g
0.999
299
 
18:3 undifferentiated
g
0.110
299
 
Cholesterol
mg
0
0
 
Amino acids
Tryptophan
g
0.208
28
 
Threonine
g
0.424
60
 
Isoleucine
g
0.456
60
 
Leucine
g
0.848
60
 
Lysine
g
0.465
65
 
Methionine
g
0.240
61
 
Cystine
g
0.276
38
 
Phenylalanine
g
0.700
60
 
Tyrosine
g
0.358
58
 
Valine
g
0.612
60
 
Arginine
g
0.625
60
 
Histidine
g
0.281
60
 
Alanine
g
0.486
58
 
Aspartic acid
g
0.779
58
 
Glutamic acid
g
3.261
58
 
Glycine
g
0.452
58
 
Proline
g
1.484
58
 
Serine
g
0.527
54
 

USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 14 (July 2001)

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Vegan FlagThe above recipe is in keeping with God's creation intent (Genesis 1:29-31): 'Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground-- everything that has the breath of life in it-- I give every green plant for food." And it was so. God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.' (NIV) Let no animal suffer or die that we may live!