Barley Grass Juice Powder – Organic

Barley Grass Powder is made from the young green shoots of the barley plant, one of the world’s oldest cultivated crops. Native to regions of Europe, Asia, and Africa, barley has a long history of use as a staple food. In powdered form, barley grass offers a mild, earthy flavor that blends easily into smoothies, juices, and green blends. Its versatility makes it a popular ingredient in functional foods and modern nutrition recipes.

100% Organic Barley Grass Juice Powder

Z Natural Foods takes pride in offering our customers a diverse selection of functional foods and herbs from around the globe, in their most versatile forms. Our Organic Barley Grass Juice powder is no exception.

While the market is flooded with barley grass supplements, the unique attributes and versatility of a properly created barley grass juice powder stand out in an impressive lineup of competitors. Our organic barley grass juice powder has a wide range of uses and endless potential for creativity. Indeed, modern technology has enabled us to obtain highly concentrated barley grass juice powders.

The flavor profile of a well-made barley grass juice powder is earthy, grassy, and slightly sweet with a mellow finish. It is considered the mildest of all the grass powders. Our mission is to provide customers with great-tasting, highly functional foods with endless applications in their most versatile form, supporting a variety of lifestyles. We proudly introduce the newest member of our diverse line of functional foods: Z Natural Foods Organic Barley Grass Juice Powder.

Fun and interesting facts about Barley Grass

1. Barley grass is one of the most cultivated ancient grains traditionally consumed by the Greeks and Romans.
2. Barley is also considered one of the oldest grains cultivated by humans.
3. While barley, barley grass, and barley malt are often spoken about interchangeably, they are not the same foods.
4. Barley is an ancient cereal grain. Barley grass refers to the young, leafy shoots of the barley plant, and barley malt is barley that has been processed to unlock its starches and sugars, which are then used in products like beer.
5. Ann Wigmore of the Hippocrates Institute popularized barley grass juice.
6. Barley grass is well-known for being a high-quality source of the antioxidant SOD.
7. Barley grass contains eight of the nine essential amino acids.
8. While gladiators were known as “Barley men”, it is often mistaken that it was because they ate barley grass. In fact, they were known for eating a porridge made from barley grains.
9. Barley grass refers to the young leaves of the barley plant. Barley grain is in the mature seed of the plant. The primary difference is the growth stage at harvest.
10. It is said that mature barley grains contain gluten, but young grass does not.

What exactly is Barley Grass Juice powder?

In simple terms, it is a highly concentrated powder made from the juice of young barley plants, where the fiber is removed and the juice is dried into a powder. It provides a high-quality source of concentrated nourishment to support healthy human physiology. Barley grass juice powder has a tremendous reputation for delivering a high level of nutritional quality, including micronutrients and phytocompounds, specifically chlorophyll (the pigment that gives green foods their characteristic color). When prepared and utilized correctly, it can be a great and easy way to add high-quality nourishment to your daily program.

Is Barley Grass Juice a Superfood?

To correctly answer this question, it is vital to understand not only the definition and characteristics of what is known as superfoods but also how they compare to a more critical term: “functional food.” Please note that there are no legal definitions for these terms.

Functional food is defined as dietary items that provide nutrients and energy that may modulate multiple targeted functions in the body by supporting specific physiological responses. For example, fermented dairy products are functional foods that offer essential probiotic bacteria to support gut health.

A superfood is a food rich in compounds considered beneficial to a person’s health, containing a very high nutritional density with a meager calorie count. While the definition of these terms seems similar, there are intrinsic details that separate them. Therefore, the answer to whether barley grass is a superfood is yes.

Is Barley grass powder the same as Barley grass juice powder?

While using food in powder form has advantages and disadvantages, it is essential to understand the intrinsic facts that create these differences.

1. Juice powders: The term juice powder describes the process of taking a fresh food, juicing it, and then drying the juice into a powder. Essentially, this product is both highly concentrated and void of fiber. This process creates a food powder that has a rapid uptake into the digestive system and bloodstream. Therefore, while more concentrated, it can have a direct effect on your blood sugar levels. When fiber is removed from a whole food, you lose an essential component in the digestive process that slows the process down to ensure better absorption and provide food for our microbiome. It is often best to reserve juice powders for therapeutic use.
2. Whole food powders: The term “whole food powder” describes a food that is air-dried, freeze-dried, or sun-dried in its whole food state. The only thing that has been removed is the water. The entire food matrix within that food remains intact. Because the water is removed, there are higher concentration levels of various compounds. Ultimately, it is a complete, well-balanced food powder. Whole food powders can be used in large quantities, and if you were looking for a real therapeutic response, larger amounts are necessary.

A Treasure Trove of Nourishment

Chlorophyll 

Chlorophyll is a compound in plants that gives them a deep, vibrant green color. This is the primary compound that helps in a process called photosynthesis(using sunlight to synthesize food from carbon dioxide and water). Simply put, the deeper green a vegetable is, the more chlorophyll it contains. Two primary types of chlorophyll are found in plants (Chlorophyll A & B), both of which are fat-soluble compounds with highly nourishing and protective properties. When chlorophyll is ingested, it moves throughout the body via molecular groups called micelles, whose purpose is to help the body absorb lipids and fat-soluble nutrients(they also help transport fat-soluble nutrients to the small intestines). Fresh wheatgrass is approximately 70% chlorophyll by weight.

Chlorophyllin is a compound produced from chlorophyll through a process called saponification. This process takes chlorophyll paste and adds sodium hydroxide to create a saponification reaction (breaking the ester bonds between fatty acids and glycerol, resulting in free fatty acids), adding copper to crystallize, purify, and form sodium, thereby creating a sodium-copper chlorophyllin end product. In simple terms, chlorophyllin is the water-soluble version of chlorophyll. In earlier human studies, it was shown that taking 100 mg of chlorophyllin daily resulted in a 55% decrease in DNA damage in individuals with pre-existing liver issues.

Other reports have discussed the relationship between eating fresh vegetables (including leafy greens) and those with advanced gastrointestinal issues, suggesting that chlorophyll may modify specific agents that damage DNA.

Vitamin K  

Unless you have been living under a rock for the past ten years, it will come as no surprise that the vital importance of vitamin K to human health is widely recognized. Before we delve into the nourishing qualities and sources of the vitamin K family, let’s break this down so we understand all the vital details. The general term “vitamin K” describes the family of K vitamins, specifically vitamins K1, K2, and K3. This family of fat-soluble vitamins is implicated in many essential biological processes like Blood clotting (by assisting in the conversion of particular coagulation factors into their mature forms), bone building (activating osteocalcin, a protein that supports the accumulation of calcium in bone and teeth), and possibly reducing calcium deposits in the arteries (activated matrix GLA protein which prevents calcium accumulation in soft tissue).

Technically, there are three forms of vitamin K, but what we commonly refer to as K3 has been banned by the FDA due to its potentially toxic effects. It seems that the nourishing qualities are found in K1 and K2.

Vitamin K1 (phylloquinone) is primarily found in green leafy vegetables, and K2 (Menaquinone) is found mainly in fermented foods, milk, meat, eggs, and cheese, and has multiple subtypes: MK-4, MK-6, MK-7, and MK-9. MK-4 is primarily found in animal fats, such as egg yolks, lard, and butter. MK-7 is a product of cheese and fermented foods, but is mainly found in Natto (a fermented soybean product). Ultimately, K1 and K2 have the same functions and work via the exact mechanisms of action, except that K2 is more efficient.

In a randomized controlled study examining the relationship between Vitamin K and mortality risk, it was found that individuals who increased their intake of phylloquinone and Menaquinone had a lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those who decreased or did not change their intake.

Carotenoids

Phytonutrients are compounds produced by plants to help them resist external environmental threats. These compounds are believed to have nourishing qualities that may support a wide range of human health factors. Carotenoids are a class of red, orange, or yellow fat-soluble pigments produced by plants, algae, and photosynthetic bacteria. There are more than 600 types of carotenoids (some of the most common include alpha- and beta-carotene, lycopene, lutein, and beta-cryptoxanthin), all with unique attributes that are being researched for their potential antioxidant-like qualities. Carotenoids are classified into two primary groups: Xanthophylls(primarily protect from too much sunlight, contain oxygen, have more yellow pigment, and are associated with nourishing the eyes), which are closely related to green leafy vegetables, and Carotenes(have no oxygen and are associated with orange pigment).

An article published in 2001discussed the importance of green leafy vegetables (specifically spinach, kale, and purslane) and assessed (based on supporting healthy biological function) the most essential phytonutrients in leafy greens like spinach and kale are the carotenoids lutein, beta carotene, and zeaxanthin.

Z Natural Foods hand-picks specific individual ingredients for our customers based on three key concepts to provide the best possible quality product, supporting optimal well-being.

1. Versatility
2. History of safe and effective usage
3. Strong evidence of positive research outcomes in humans

What exactly is Barley Grass Juice powder?

1. In simple terms, it is a highly concentrated powder made from the juice of young barley plants, where the fiber is removed and the juice is dried into a powder.
2. It provides a high-quality source of concentrated nourishment to support healthy human physiology.
3. Barley grass juice powder has a tremendous reputation for delivering a high level of nutritional quality, including micronutrients and phytocompounds, specifically chlorophyll (the pigment that gives green foods their characteristic color).
4. When prepared and utilized correctly, it can be a great and easy way to add high-quality nourishment to your daily program.

Is Barley grass powder the same as Barley grass juice powder?

1. While using food in powder form has advantages and disadvantages, it is essential to understand the intrinsic facts that create these differences.
2. The term juice powder describes the process of taking a fresh food, juicing it, and then drying the juice into a powder.
3. Essentially, this product is both highly concentrated and void of fiber. This process creates a food powder that has a rapid uptake into the digestive system and bloodstream.
4. It is often best to reserve juice powders for therapeutic use.
5. The term “whole food powder” describes a food that is air-dried, freeze-dried, or sun-dried in its whole food state.
6. The only thing that has been removed is the water. The entire food matrix within that food remains intact.
7. Because the water is removed, there are higher concentration levels of various compounds.

Chlorophyll 

1. Chlorophyll is a compound in plants that gives them a deep, vibrant green color.
2. This is the primary compound that helps in a process called photosynthesis(using sunlight to synthesize food from carbon dioxide and water).
3. Simply put, the deeper green a vegetable is, the more chlorophyll it contains.
4. Two primary types of chlorophyll are found in plants(Chlorophyll A & B), both of which are fat-soluble compounds with highly nourishing and protective properties.
5. When chlorophyll is ingested, it moves throughout the body via molecular groups called micelles, whose purpose is to help the body absorb lipids and fat-soluble nutrients(they also help transport fat-soluble nutrients to the small intestines).
6. Fresh contains approximately 600 milligrams of chlorophyll per 100 grams.

Some research suggests that Barley Grass may contain the following constituents:

1. Vitamins: Beta Carotene, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12, Folic Acid, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Vitamin C, Vitamin E
2. Minerals: Chromium, Copper, Magnesium, Zinc
3. Enzymes: Peroxides, SOD
4. Antioxidants: Lutonarin, Saponarin, Chlorophyll

Taste, smell, texture, and color vary from batch to batch. Due to its nature, this powder tends to clump. If clumping occurs, lay the bag on a flat surface and place a towel over the bag. Then pound on the bag until the clumps break up. The towel will help protect the bag from damage. To further reduce clumping, push as much air as possible before sealing the pouch and storing it in the refrigerator or freezer.

Suggested Use: Mix one teaspoon with juice and yogurt, or add to your favorite smoothie.

Mixing Suggestion: To increase flavor and nutritional profile, combine with our mulberry powder.

Botanical Name: Hordeum Vulgare.

Other Names: Mai ya, Pearl barley, Pot barley, Scotch barley.

Parts Used: Raw Barley Grass.

Ingredients: 100% Organic Barley Grass Juice Powder.

Origin: Grown and juiced in the USA and packaged with care in Florida, USA.

Certifications: Certified USDA Organic.