Can I cook/eat unhulled malted barley? [closed]

I've got a small bag of whole barley malt intended for brewing beer. After doing a bit of reading I'm getting conflicting information. Some say the outer hull in not edible, while others say it is fine and a good source of fiber.

Take this yahoo answer for example, which indicates that unhulled wheat is the same as whole wheat. I don't think that's true, as I'm under the impression that the outer hull or chaff is not the same thing as the bran (and germ) included in whole wheat.

Is the unhulled barley edible or not? My intended purpose is simply to mill it and simmer to as a breakfast cereal.

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Can I eat Unhulled barley?

Unhulled Barley is truly a whole grain. Joseph's Grainery Unhulled Barley is edible, it just needs to be soaked for 24 hours prior to cooking. There are many uses for Unhulled Barley. If you're looking to sprout barley, this is the barley you will need.

Can you cook with malted barley?

You can eat it but it is a lot of fibrous material to digest. Thoroughly cooking it will soften the husk for sure and make it easier to consume. Still its best to not eat a lot of it. The best application then is to use it as a fiber booster in some other food items.

Can we eat barley with husk?

Hulled Barley It is the least processed form of barley that is edible by humans (we can't digest or eat the hard, tough husk -- only animals can.)

Can you malt hulless barley?

A high-quality hulless barley variety, Zangqing No. 85, and normal barley were used as a test and control, respectively. The results showed that during malting, under the same conditions, hulless barley hydrated quickly, developed rootlets easily, and germinated vigorously and malting loss was relatively large.

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