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 the percentage of kernels with damaged husks in a lot of barley as part of visual and manual inspection.
Barley intended for the production of malt; therefore, the kernels are to be evaluated on the basis of the characteristics described below.
Visual assessment