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Q. What is the nutritional difference between pearled barley and hulled barley?

A. I found this helpful information in the Food Dictionary at Epicurious.com:

"Hulled (also called whole-grain ) barley has only the outer husk removed and is the most nutritious form of the grain. Scotch barley is husked and coarsely ground. Barley grits are hulled barley grains that have been cracked into medium-coarse pieces. Hulled and Scotch barley and barley grits are generally found in health-food stores. Pearl barley has also had the bran removed and has been steamed and polished. It comes in three sizes — coarse, medium and fine — and is good in soups and stews."

So, pearled is more processed than hulled barley. You can see the nutritional difference in the entries for pearled barley and hulled barley here on NutritionData.com.