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It is high in SF and IF but there is more IF than SF in barley even when you include the functional fiber ( beta-glucan ) it contains.

Heather say the whole grains that are safest for IBS are brown rice, oatmeal, buckwheat (soba) noodles, corn meal (polenta), quinoa, and barley.

The Fineli food database gives Pearl barley as containing 7.6 grams of dietary fiber composed of 6.6 grams IF amd 1.6 grams SF per 100 grams. It does not give the amount of functional fiber. Other sources indicate that barley contains about 2-3 grams of functional fiber per 100 grams. Taken together generally speaking barley contains about 6 grams of IF and and 4 to 5 grams of SF per 100 grams including the beta-glucan functional fiber. These values may differ depending on the variety, processing and preparation methods.

Barley is very high in SF but it is a bit higher in IF.

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