Physicochemical Properties of Starch Isolated from Betahealth, a High -Glucan Barley Cultivar

This study investigated the physicochemical properties of starch from the newly developed β-glucan-rich barley cultivar Betahealth. The cultivar was bred through a three-way cross between Betaone (F1, Shikoku Hadaka 97 × Glacier AC38) and Dahyang, and its potential as a high-β-glucan food supplement was evaluated. Betahealth’s general composition comprised 11.8%, 1.06%, 2.74%, 3.66%, 56.6%, and 12.3% protein, ash, crude fat, amylose, starch, and β-glucan, respectively. The compositional...