Cooked pearled barley is 123 calories per 100g with about 3g of fiber. It's chewier than rice and slower to cook (~30 min) but holds up well in soups and grain bowls. Hulled barley has even more fiber but takes considerably longer to cook.
Calories scale with portion. Here's how a typical barley serving translates in your tracker:
Point your iPhone camera at barley and SpotWell's on-device AI estimates the portion and macros in under a second — no manual entry, no barcode hunting.
Download on theApp StoreBarley has approximately 123 calories per 100g (cooked, pearled). A typical serving — 1 cup, cooked (157g) — comes in at 193 calories.
2.3g of protein per 100g (cooked, pearled). That puts barley at roughly 1.9g of protein per 100 calories — a useful lens when comparing to other grains sources.
The simplest method: weigh it on a kitchen scale, then enter grams in your tracker. With SpotWell, you can skip the scale — point the camera at the plate and the AI estimates the portion in under a second. Adjust the value if it looks off.
It depends on your overall calorie target. Barley sits in a moderate calorie range. It can fit any goal — weight loss, maintenance, or muscle gain — when portioned to your daily target.