Barley is milled to make blocked barley, pearl barley, barley groats (grits), barley flakes and barley flour. Barley is used in India mainly as a human food. Barley flour is generally mixed with wheat or gram (legume) flour for preparing chappaties. Wheat flour mixed with barley or barley and rye or oats flour is used for making bread.

Malting

Malting is a controlled germination process which activates the enzymes of the resting grain resulting in the conversion of cereal starch to fermentable sugars, partial hydrolysis of cereal proteins and other macromolecules. Barley is the grain most generally used in the production of malt which finds industrial uses in breweries and distilleries.