Monday, January 4, 2010

Oats & Barley Nutritional Info

This morning I made a breakfast of 1 cup (uncooked) mixed of equal parts oats and barley with a table spoon of flax meal and dried cherries. I was trying to figure out the nutritional info.

Here is a link to the recipe I made:  http://www.livestrong.com/recipes/barley-oats-flax-hot-breakfast-cereal/

  • Comparing nutritional value of oats and barley -Blogger notes:

    They break down like this:

    1/2 C uncooked oatmeal has 150 calories, 3 g fat, 4 g fiber and 5 g protein

    1/4 C uncooked barley flakes has 80 calories, .5 g fat, 3 g fiber, 3 g protein

    These facts are from the back of the packages. To me this would indicate that the 1/2 C measure of barley would be slightly higher in calories, have less fat, more fiber and more protein than the oats but would probably be chewier.

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