{"topic_id":"ingredient_barley_grain","category":"ingredient-nutrition","context":"---\ntopic_id: ingredient_barley_grain\ncategory: ingredient-nutrition\ntitle: \"Barley grain — proximate composition (Feedipedia)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Feedipedia (INRAE/FAO), 'Barley grain | Feedipedia' (feedipedia.org/node/227)\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/feedipedia/ingredient_barley_grain.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-22\ntokens_estimated: 200\nverification:\n  method: substring_match\n  claims: 14\n  passed: 14\n  date: 2026-07-22\n---\n\n# Barley grain — proximate composition (Feedipedia)\n\nSource: Feedipedia (INRAE/FAO open ingredient database), page \"Barley grain | Feedipedia\" (feedipedia.org/node/227). First-hand web text extracted (tags stripped) to `pdf-raw/feedipedia/ingredient_barley_grain.txt`; composition values are verbatim from the page's proximate (\"Main analysis\") table. Units as published (% as fed / % DM / MJ/kg DM / g/kg DM). Avg/SD/Min/Max/Nb columns preserved.\n\n## Proximate composition (Main analysis)\n| Nutrient row (verbatim) |\n| --- |\n| Dry matter % as fed 87.1 1.3 82.8 91.6 17310 |\n| Crude protein % DM 11.8 1.1 8.5 16.1 15723 |\n| Crude fibre % DM 5.2 0.8 3.1 8.2 14398 |\n| NDF % DM 21.7 3.2 14.7 30.0 1068 |\n| ADF % DM 6.4 0.9 4.4 8.7 1090 |\n| Ether extract % DM 2.0 0.3 1.2 2.9 4388 |\n| Ash % DM 2.6 0.3 1.9 3.4 4720 |\n| Starch (polarimetry) % DM 59.7 2.3 52.2 66.8 9706 |\n| Total sugars % DM 2.8 0.7 1.4 4.4 594 |\n| Gross energy MJ/kg DM 18.4 0.1 18.1 18.7 304 * |\n| Calcium g/kg DM 0.8 0.4 0.1 1.8 974 |\n| Phosphorus g/kg DM 3.9 0.3 3.0 4.9 1613 |\n| Lysine % protein 3.7 0.3 3.2 4.3 315 |\n| Methionine % protein 1.7 0.2 1.4 2.1 117 |\n\nNote: Feedipedia reports composition as Avg, SD, Min, Max, Nb (number of samples). Values are as published; interpretation is left to the API consumer.\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/feedipedia/ingredient_barley_grain.txt` (Feedipedia node/227, 2026-07-22).\n","sources":[],"tokens_estimated":200,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}