Canada Western/Eastern food barley
The following varieties have been recently developed specifically for food uses and registered under the Seeds Act:
Food, Hulless Barley
- CDC Alamo (waxy, high beta-glucan)
- CDC Ascent (waxy, high beta-glucan)
- Enduro (waxy, high beta-glucan)
- CDC Fibar (waxy, high beta-glucan)
- CDC Rattan (waxy, high beta-glucan)
- CDC Hilose (high amylose, high beta-glucan)
- CDC Marlina (waxy, high beta-glucan)
Food, Covered Barley
- Canmore (normal starch)
Definitions
- Starch
- Starch is composed of a mixture of two polysaccharides: amylose and amylopectin. Normal starch contains about 75% amylopectin and 25% amylose
- Waxy starch
- Waxy starch consists mostly of amylopectin. Waxy barley refers to grain containing mostly amylopectin (>95%) in its starch.
- High amylose
- High amylose barley refers to grain containing about 40% amylose in its starch.
- High beta-glucan
- High beta-glucan barley refers to grain containing ≥6.5% beta-glucans.
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