Pearl barley

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Barley with the outer hull and bran layer polished off.

It cooks faster and is less chewy than less-processed forms of the grain.12

Products

The 6 most-scanned of 153 products on Open Food Facts that list pearl barley.

  • Ancient Grains Farmhouse Bread Aldi · 800 g 4 additives
  • Extra Special Wholemeal Multigrain Sliced Loaf Asda · 800 g 1 additive
  • Wholemeal, Seeds and Grains Loaf Tesco Finest 2 additives
  • Chunky Chicken Vegetable & Grain Broth Marks & Spencers · 600 g 0 additives
  • seven seeds and grains sourdough Bertinet Bakery 0 additives
  • Pain tranché aux 9 grains entiers St-Methode · 600 g 2 additives

References

  1. 1pearl barley: ingredient taxonomy entry. Open Food Facts.
  2. 2Pearl barley. Wikipedia. Accessed September 30, 2026. CC BY-SA 4.0.