Nutrition facts · Grains, bread and pasta
Calories in Barley (cooked)
Cooked pearled barley has 123 calories per 100 g, and a 1-cup cooked serving (157 g) has 193 calories. Almost all of those calories come from carbohydrates, with 28.2 g of carbs per 100 g compared with just 2.3 g of protein and 0.4 g of fat.
Calories come from: Carbs 90% · Fat 3% · Protein 7%
Common servings
| Serving | Weight | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 123 kcal | 2.3 g | 28.2 g | 0.4 g |
| 1 cup, cooked | 157 g | 193 kcal | 3.5 g | 44.3 g | 0.7 g |
Full nutrition (Per 100 g)
| Calories | 123 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 2.3 g |
| Carbohydrates | 28.2 g |
| of which sugars | 0.3 g |
| Fiber | 3.8 g |
| Fat | 0.4 g |
| of which saturated | 0.1 g |
| Sodium | 3 mg |
What changes the calories
- Dry barley absorbs a lot of water as it cooks, so the same amount weighed dry has far more calories per gram than it does once cooked.
- Butter, oil or stock added during or after cooking adds calories on top of the barley itself.
- How long you cook it and how much water it soaks up changes the weight, so a softer, wetter batch has slightly fewer calories per gram.
- Pearled barley has had its outer bran removed, so hulled barley is a different food and should be logged separately.
Tips for logging it accurately
- Weigh barley after cooking and log it as cooked, or weigh it dry and log a dry entry, but don't mix the two.
- Log any butter, oil, cheese or dressing you add as separate items, since plain barley is very low in fat.
- In BerryFit, snap a photo of your barley bowl or soup, then adjust the portion to match what you actually weighed or served.
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Frequently asked questions
How many calories are in a cup of cooked barley?
A 1-cup serving of cooked pearled barley (157 g) has 193 calories, with 44.3 g of carbs, 3.5 g of protein and 0.7 g of fat.
Is barley higher in calories than rice?
Per 100 g cooked, pearled barley has 123 calories and white rice has 130, so they are quite close. Barley is slightly lower by weight.
How much fiber is in cooked barley?
Cooked pearled barley has 3.8 g of fiber per 100 g, along with 0.3 g of sugar.
How much protein does cooked barley have?
Cooked pearled barley has 2.3 g of protein per 100 g, or 3.5 g per cooked cup, so it is mainly a source of carbohydrates.
Similar foods
Calories in common foodsValues per 100 g from USDA FoodData Central (Barley, pearled, cooked, FDC ID 170285); servings use USDA portion weights. Real foods vary by variety, ripeness and preparation.
The text on this page was written with the help of AI (Anthropic's Claude) and checked against the numbers in a separate review. The numbers themselves come only from USDA.
