Harinas Polo Barley Flakes: Functional Texture and Whole-Grain Nutrition.

Harinas Polo’s Barley Flakes are produced through a process of cleaning, steaming, and rolling the whole grain. This gentle heat treatment (pre-cooking) stabilizes enzymes and facilitates hydration, allowing the grain to retain its structural integrity while providing a tender, chewy texture in the final product. It is the ideal ingredient for Clean Label products that aim to highlight the food's natural, rustic origins.

Advantages for the Food and Baking Industries:

Decoration and Visual Appeal: They provide a unique, artisanal finish to the crust of sourdough and multigrain breads.
Texture Contribution (Bite): Incorporated into the dough, they create chewy points of contrast that enhance the consumer's sensory experience.
Hydration Versatility: Being flaked, they absorb liquids faster than whole grains, optimizing processing times in industrial plants.
Oxidative Stability: The steaming process inactivates lipases, ensuring a longer shelf life and preventing the natural fats in the cereal from going rancid.

Functional Benefits and Cardiovascular Health:

Flaked barley retains the highest concentration of soluble fiber (betaglucans) in a whole grain matrix:

Health Claims (EFSA): They allow for the development of products that contribute to reducing the postprandial glycemic response.
Natural Satiety Agent: Its high fiber content improves the satiety profile of energy bars and breakfast cereals.
Low Glycemic Index: Ideal for formulations aimed at weight management diets and sports nutrition.

Nutritional Chart (100g)

Analytical profile focused on products with high nutritional density:

Component	Average Value
Value Energetic	352 kcal / 1473 kJ
Proteins	11.0g
Fats Totals	2.1g
of which saturated	0.4g
Carbohydrates	70.5g
of which sugars	1.0g
Dietary Fiber	15.8g (Richness in β-glucans)
Salt	<0.01g

Recommended Industrial Applications:

Panificación Especial: Decoración de superficies y mezclas internas para panes multicereales, rústicos y muesli bread.

Cereal Bars and Snacks: Structural base for "Organic" or "Fit" energy bars.

Breakfast Cereals: Granola mixes and quick-cooking porridges.

Technical Coatings: A healthy, crispy alternative to conventional breadcrumbs for meat or plant-based products.

Compromiso

Quality

Polo

Our barley flakes are characterized by uniform flaking, minimizing the presence of fines and breakage. This ensures consistent performance on packaging and automatic dosing lines, facilitating the standardization of industrial production.