Aside from the customary rapid analysis methods for water and protein as well as physical tests, the visual inspection of barley, i.e., the evaluation of the external characteristics of the grain, also remains a meaningful method for assessing barley.
This method describes how to determine whether kernels are cracked as part of the visual and manual inspection of a lot of barley.
Barley intended for the production of malt is to be evaluated on the basis of the characteristics described below.
Visual assessment