Barley Flakes
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Heat-treated barley flakes as a hygienically high-quality and easily digestible source of energy for animals with increased energy requirements

Compared to oats, barley has a slightly higher energy value, but lower starch digestibility. So the energy content of barley can only be absorbed in the small intestine after hydrothermal treatment of the barley. Only through this heat treatment, the starch can then be converted into energy.

With a rather low crude fiber content of approx. 5%, barley is mainly used as a starch carrier in the feed diets, which means that the amount of feed for the different animal species has to be weighed up and limited. As a ß-glucan-rich grain, barley has positive and digestive effects for horses, but for other species such as poultry, a high ß-glucan content can decrease digestibility why the dosing rate of barley in the complete feed should be limited.

Digestible protein (dCP): 83,4 g/kg preceacal digestible protein (pcvRp): 67,9 g/kg Digestible energy (MJ DE): 12,5 MJ DE/kg Metabolizable energy (MJ ME): 11,6 MJ ME/kg