- Organic hulless barley
- Non-GMO
- Comes in a 6 gallon bucket
- 3 year shelf life
- 43 lbs. net weight
- $3.53 - $3.66 per pound
Organic Barley, Hulless, 43 lbs.
Our hulless barley is certified organic and perfect for baking & cooking purposes.
Convenient & safe storage
Our hulless barley is certified organic and non-GMO, and comes in six-gallon buckets (or pails... another word for the same container), containing 43 lbs. net weight. The bulk hulless barley in our bucket packaging has a shelf life of three years. When you store hulless barley at home, it needs to be protected in a couple of ways. First, it needs to be protected from a variety of little critters who'd like to get to it before you do. Weevils and rodents, for example. You also need to protect your hulless barley from picking up excessive additional moisture, which can be drawn from the atmosphere. The buckets our hulless barley comes in provide full protection against these storage risks. They have airtight gasket-sealed lids and oxygen absorber packets that remove the oxygen from the air in the bucket after we put the lid on. Our buckets safely lock out pests, so your hulless barley enjoys complete peace and quiet until you want to use it.
Beat oxidation!
The cellular walls of plants protect nutrients from oxidation. The process of oxidation begins to occur as soon as grain is ground, exposing the cell's contents to oxygen in the air. Flour that is several days (or more) old, has been exposed to oxygen that inevitably diminishes its nutritional value. The way to get full nutrition from whole grain foods is to mill them when you need them, right in your kitchen. Modern high-speed grain mills make it fast and easy to enjoy the freshest, best tasting and most nutritious food imaginable!
Super-cleaned
All of our organic hulless barley is to ensure purity and protect your grain mill from any foreign objects. (Hulless barley that isn't sufficiently cleaned may contain small stones that will damage or destroy a grain mill... not to mention that you don't want such things in your food!) Our hulless barley is cleaned to 99.99% purity by weight. To clean, the barley is processed using a screener, gravity table, de-stoner, and magnets. Achieving this level of quality may require further processing yet, through a color sorter. No liquids, soaps or additives of any kind are used in the cleaning process.
SHELF LIFE
Our organic hulless barley has a shelf life of 3 years when unopened and stored in a cool, dark, dry environment.
Non-GMO
All of Pleasant Hill Grain's grain products are natural (non-GMO). Also, PHG does not sell any grains, beans, lentils, pulses or seeds sourced from China.
Barley Uses & History
Barley (hordeum vulgare l.), with its mildly sweet, nutty flavor and low gluten content, can be used in a variety of ways from cooking for a salad or risotto-style dish, to thickening soups, grinding into flour for bread, muffins, pancakes or other baked goods, and flaking for porridge or granola.
In ancient times barley was cultivated in Ethiopia, Egypt and Southern China and has since spread to many other countries, including the United States. Today barley is mainly grown in Russia, Germany and France. Barley grows well in a variety of climates, and is drought tolerant. It’s been the primary grain for bread in some cultures, as well as a prized source of energy for athletes.
Roasted barley is used to make a variety of beverages, including a caffeine-free espresso-style drink in Italy, and a tea in Asia that’s served either hot or iced. In England barley is cooked over low heat with a high ratio of water for several hours and strained; wine, honey and lemon juice are added to the water for a barley water beverage that’s thought to reduce the severity of ailments from indigestion to pneumonia. Barley is the most commonly used grain for malting, which is a major use of the grain worldwide both for beer and other malted-foods and beverages.
Barley, like rye, contains a high level of phytase, the enzyme needed to neutralize the anti-nutrient phytic acid (or phytate) found in grains, legumes, seeds and nuts. It’s an excellent source of protein, soluble fiber, B vitamins and niacin and is also a good source of manganese, selenium and thiamine. Barley also has a low starch content, which gives it a lower glycemic-index rating than most grains.
Barley contains less gluten than wheat, so while barley flour can be used in yeast breads, its gluten development is weak. We recommend combining barley flour with wheat flour to achieve strong gluten development in yeast breads. Barley flour can be successfully used for 20-25% of the flour in yeast breads and up to 50% in quick breads and pastries. It can also help tenderize and add nutrition to recipes that tend to become tough from too much gluten development, such as muffins and pancakes made with all-purpose flour.
Unhulled barley is barley in its whole-grain state, with its hull still intact; as a whole grain it can be used for sprouting and malting. Hulls are inedible.
Hulled barley (also called dehulled barley or barley groats) has been minimally processed to remove the tough, inedible outer layer, which is sometimes called the husk. Hulled barley is considered a whole grain, since it contains the germ, the bran and the endosperm of the grain.
Hulless barley (also called naked barley) is barley that grows with a free-threshing hull, which means the hull sheds easily during normal threshing that occurs in the field when the grain is harvested. Due to lower yields and the fragility of the grain, it's an uncommon variety. The barley for sale on this page is hulless, or naked, barley. This type is also considered a whole grain.
Pearl barley (also called pearled) is hulled barley with the ends of the grain polished off, to create a rounder shape. Polishing barley removes its germ and much, or all of the bran. Hulled barley goes rancid easily, while pearled barley can be stored much longer without spoiling.
Pearl barley is available in a range of sizes from regular down to baby pearls. The smaller the pearl, the more bran and endosperm have been removed, leaving a product that’s nearly white, less chewy and cooks quickly. Pearl barley cooks about three times faster than hulled barley. Both hulled barley and pearl barley can be ground into flour. Pearl barley is the most common choice for cooking and baking; if a recipe doesn’t specify what kind of barley to use, you can safely assume it’s pearl barley.
Fiber in barley is present throughout the grain, not just in the bran layer (which is where fiber is restricted to in most grains). This means that pearl barley, while refined, is still quite nutritious, much more so than choices like commercial white wheat flour or white rice flour.
Barley absorbs liquid as it cooks, which makes it triple in size, similar to how tapioca pearls plump up when cooked in liquid. Pearl barley releases starch as it cooks, which is what thickens soups, and makes barley an ideal choice for cooking into risotto. If you don’t want to thicken your recipe by adding barley, cook your barley first and rinse it, before adding it to soups and casseroles.
Cooked barley is pleasantly chewy without being tough, making it similar to rice and pasta. To cook barley, bring 1 cup barley and 3 cups liquid (water or stock) to a boil, then simmer for 20-60 minutes, or until desired tenderness is reached. If the water is absorbed before the barley finishes cooking, add more water. Check the doneness of pearl barley after simmering for 20 minutes, and hulled barley after simmering for 40 minutes. Drain if necessary. The cooking time will depend on the level of polishing the grain has undergone (shorter time for highly polished barley). Soaking barley in water for a few hours prior to cooking will decrease the cooking time.
Additional Options
Pleasant Hill Grain offers over thirty kinds of whole grain products!
Our food category offers many selections of baking ingredients, delicious dried fruits and vegetables, long-term storable foods, canned meat, fish and poultry, sweeteners and more.
As a whole grains shopper you may also be interested in hand crank and electric grain mills and grain flakers as well as heavy duty Bosch mixers, Ankarsrum (formerly Electrolux), Haussler spiral dough mixers, and Famag spiral dough mixers!
Gamma Seal Lids are remarkably practical two-part gadgets that transform standard plastic buckets into rugged, gasketed, resealable storage containers that are both air-tight and water-tight.
Shipping Zones
Please note: The shipping zones below are for the 48 contiguous states. For shipment to AK/HI, please call (866) 467-6123 or email us for a cost quote.
NEED A LOT OF GRAIN?
When you order a full pallet of grain (36 buckets) or more, you earn a discount of $25 per bucket. And if you order 3 full pallets or more, the discount is $30 per bucket. (See the discount amounts in the table below.) These terms apply to this offer:
- Your order may consist of a single product, or any combination of these grain, beans, rice, etc.
- Total quantity must be a multiple of 12. So you can order 36 or 48 or 60 buckets, but not 37 or 55, for example.
- You must have a quantity of at least 36 buckets, in a total quantity divisible by 12, in your cart for the discount to apply.
- This offer applies to grain, beans, lentils, rice, or oilseeds (such as flax) that are packaged in buckets.
- All buckets must be in stock.
- The order can be delivered in one of two ways:
1.) It can be delivered to a business address with a forklift or dock and which is NOT also a residence.
2.) OR the order may be picked up at the freight terminal in your area, within 3 business days of arrival. (Storage charges would start after 3 days.)
BULK SUPERPAIL DISCOUNT |
No. Buckets |
Bucket Discount |
Total Discount |
36 |
$25 |
$900 |
48 |
$25 |
$1200 |
60 |
$25 |
$1500 |
72 |
$25 |
$1800 |
84 |
$25 |
$2100 |
96 |
$25 |
$2400 |
108 |
$30 |
$3240 |
120 |
$30 |
$3600 |
132 |
$30 |
$3960 |
144 |
$30 |
$4320 |
156 |
$30 |
$4680 |
168 |
$30 |
$5040 |
Orders of 36 buckets or more will receive the discounts above automatically, in your shopping cart.
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Ingredients
Nutrition Facts |
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Serving Size: 1/4 c. (45g) Servings Per Container: 390 |
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Amount per serving | ||
Calories | 160 | |
% Daily | ||
Total Fat | 1g | 1% |
Saturated Fat | 0g | 0% |
Trans Fat | 0g |
— |
Cholesterol | 0mg | 0% |
Sodium | 5mg | 0% |
Total Carbohydrate | 33g | 12% |
Dietary Fiber | 8g | 29% |
Sugars | 0g | — |
Protein | 5g | 10% |
Vitamin D | 0mg | 0% |
Vitamin C | — | 0% |
Calcium | 15mg | 1% |
Iron | 2mg | 10% |
Potassium | 203mg | 4% |
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10 reviews
It's as though the grain wasn't harvested at the time of my order, however the wait has paid off! Fresh, beautifully cleaned whole grain barley at its best! Thanks, Pleasant Hill!
I have been a life long eater of porridge for breakfast and I don't remember how I got away from rolled oats but switching to oat groats made an amazing difference taste wise and especially how long breakfast stays with me, like past lunchtime. While I was searching for new recipes for cooking the oat groat porridge I came upon one that was made with barley and soup was what came to mind, not porridge, so I had to give it a try and I am surprised at how good it is! , I also learned in the process that hulled and hulless barley are not the same. Hulled barley will cost less, but it has to have its hull removed mechanically often taking some of the barley and the vitamins with it and hulless is a different variety that rattles around inside of its hull and almost all of the hulls come off during harvesting. Again, I have found that porridge made with the whole grain takes longer to cook but I can skip lunch when I've had porridge for breakfast. I don't know how the two varieties compare in taste, but this is delicious!. Thank you, thank you very much, this next song we'd like to play for you tonight is...
In a soup or stew it adds excellent flavor, texture and is quite satisfying. It can be pre-soaked ( I bring it to a boil then let it soak for a few hours, like I might beans ) to cut down on actual cooking time.
PHG service and products are always the best. I'm a long-time customer and I've never had a complaint with them. The barley is very clean and dust-free and makes wonderful bread. I recommend the bucket covers and tool for ease of use by those of us with arthritic hands. I recently bought the 6 gallon bucket of split peas, much to my husband's amusement since there are just the two of us. but, hey, we like split pea soup! also cuts down on trips to the grocery store, which is good in this pandemic time. If you have been thinking about ordering from this company, do so! You'll be glad you did!
I highly recommend Pleasant Hill Grain for your bulk grain needs. Their pedigree and packaging is excellent and they shipped as promised. They have an excellent line of products at competitive prices. I will definitely be ordering again!
Our barley arrived promptly and the grain is very clean!
My family loves eating barley flakes for breakfast. Not only are they fresh and taste great, but they are also very clean; we flake our groats with the KoMo FlicFloc oat/grain flaker (also purchased from PHG), and have never found a single stone. We just ordered another hulless barely groats.
I love buying grain from PHG because even though it might cost a bit more, it's triple-cleaned, which is very important to me because I don't want to risk my teeth or my millstones.
This barley is naturally hulless, so you get the benefit of whole-grain nutrition. It's not only wonderful in soups and casseroles but it's especially wonderful for use as flour because you can mix a bit with freshly milled whole wheat flour for better browning.
"Naked" barley isn't all that easy to find, so I appreciate that PHG stocks it and that it's clean. It would be nice if they stocked "naked" oats, too!
These barley grains are a beautiful golden color and very clean. I use them in mixed whole grain dishes and grind them into flour with other grains for bread.
I am pleased with the quality and packaging of this product. It took a while to fulfill the order but that was expected. Grateful that the price did not increase as I waited. These people are always pleasant to deal with !