Barley for Food and Health: Science, Technology, and Products
Barley for Food and Health: Science, Technology, and Products
Barley for Food and Health: Science, Technology, and Products
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WHOLE-GRAIN PROCESSING 101<br />
TABLE 5.2 Composition of English <strong>and</strong> Italian Whole <strong>Barley</strong> Kernels (WK),<br />
Pearled <strong>Barley</strong> Kernels (PK), <strong>and</strong> Five Successive Pearling By-products (BP-1-5)<br />
(g/100 g), Dry Matter Basis<br />
Item Protein Lipid Ash DC a TDF a IDF a SDF a βG a<br />
English barley<br />
WK 12.4 3.5 2.3 59.7 22.1 16.7 5.4 4.3<br />
PK b 9.5 1.8 1.0 74.8 12.9 7.5 5.4 4.5<br />
BP-1 8.2 2.9 8.1 7.4 73.4 72.3 1.1 1.0<br />
BP-2 15.1 7.3 6.5 8.7 62.4 59.3 3.1 2.0<br />
BP-3 18.3 8.4 6.1 22.8 44.4 40.0 4.4 3.3<br />
BP-4 19.4 7.1 4.0 38.1 31.4 25.9 5.5 4.5<br />
BP-5 16.0 4.6 2.4 53.2 23.8 17.2 6.6 5.1<br />
Italian barley<br />
WK 11.7 3.5 2.6 61.8 20.4 15.4 5.0 3.7<br />
PK c 8.3 1.5 1.1 80.0 9.2 4.7 4.5 4.2<br />
BP-1 12.1 6.9 8.4 8.0 64.6 62.7 1.9 1.1<br />
BP-2 17.8 7.2 6.6 16.7 51.7 48.8 2.8 2.0<br />
BP-3 19.8 8.6 5.1 33.4 33.1 28.6 4.6 3.4<br />
BP-4 18.4 7.0 4.1 44.4 26.1 20.3 5.8 3.6<br />
BP-5 14.0 4.3 2.8 57.3 21.6 15.5 6.1 4.4<br />
Source: Marconi et al. (2000).<br />
a DC, digestible carbohydrates (starch <strong>and</strong> sugar); TDF, total dietary fiber; IDF, insoluble dietary<br />
fiber; SDF, soluble dietary fiber; βG, β-glucan.<br />
b 62.9% pearled.<br />
c 54.1% pearled.<br />
earlier in products produced in laboratory mills. These researchers concluded<br />
that pearling rates of 30 to 40% were the most desirable to produce equilibrium<br />
between nutritional <strong>and</strong> physical properties of pearled barley.<br />
The primary food product of the pearling process is pearl barley. The byproduct,<br />
pearlings or fines, have not been used in human foods to any great extent<br />
on a commercial basis. However, the possibility exists of including pearlings in<br />
various food products, such as muffins <strong>and</strong> cookies, to increase the levels of protein,<br />
fiber, <strong>and</strong> lipid components. The pearling process can be used to concentrate<br />
metabolically important compounds <strong>and</strong> other essential nutrients, such as barley<br />
oil, which contains significant amounts of tocopherol <strong>and</strong> tocotrienol. In a study<br />
reported by Wang et al. (1993) pearling flour from waxy barley representing 20%<br />
of the original kernel weight contained high concentrations of oil (81.5 g/kg),<br />
tocopherol (35.4 mg/kg), <strong>and</strong> tocotrienols (115.8 mg/kg). The tocotrienols were<br />
concentrated 2.7 times that found in the whole grain. Moreau et al. (2007) found<br />
that the average oil content of pearlings representing 12 to 15% of the kernel of<br />
two hulled <strong>and</strong> two hulless barleys was about 3.4 times that found in the whole<br />
grain. These researchers found similar amounts of oil (62.2 g/kg) in the pearlings<br />
of these barleys as reported by Wang et al. (1993), although they reported much