Barley is a wonderful, versatile cereal grain with a rich nutlike flavour and a tempting chewy, pasta-like reliability. It is high in maltose, a sugar that provides as the basis for both malt syrup and sweeteners. When fermented, barley is used as a part of the beer and other alcoholic drinks. It is a very superior source of molybdenum, selenium, manganese and dietary fibre, and also a good source of copper, chromium, vitamin B1, magnesium, phosphorus and niacin.