33 %
Vitamin A contributes to the normal function of the immune system, to the maintenance of normal vision and to the maintenance of normal skin.
How many calories are in barley water?
225kcal
in a 250 g glass
90 kcal per 100 g.
Source: UK CoFID 2021, record 17-743. Checked 5 October 2026.
0.75 gProtein
59.3 gCarbohydrate
33 %Daily vitamin A
What’s in a 250 g glass
More than half of a glass is water. The rest is 59.3 g carbohydrate and 0.75 g protein.
- 0.75 gProtein
- 59.3 gCarbohydrate
- 188 gWater
- 2 gMinerals and the rest
Above average for drinks
Barley water is 90 kcal per 100 g. The 61 drinks in this database average 69.2.
Barley water90
Drinks average69.2
Protein in a glass
0.75 g of protein, 1 % of the calories.
Protein, per glass0.75 g
Vitamins and minerals in barley water
Nothing reaches the “high in” level, but two of the 12 count as a source, led by vitamin A.
Only a trace
- Thiamin
- Riboflavin
- Biotin
- Pantothenic acid
- Iron
- Zinc
- Copper
- Manganese
- Selenium
- Iodine
- Fibre
None recorded
- Vitamin D
- Vitamin B12
Show all 12 with amounts
Vitamin A0.263 mg, 33 %
Vitamin C25 mg, 31 %
Folate0.0125 mg, 6.3 %
Potassium67.5 mg, 3.4 %
Vitamin B60.03 mg, 1.8 %
Niacin (vitamin B3)0.25 mg, 1.6 %
Calcium12.5 mg, 1.6 %
Phosphorus10 mg, 1.4 %
Magnesium5 mg, 1.3 %
Chloride7.5 mg, 0.9 %
Vitamin Dnone recorded
Vitamin B12none recorded
Badges use the UK legal thresholds per 100 g: 7.5 % of the reference intake for “source of”, 15 % for “high in”. A trace is shown as “trace” and never counts.
What barley water doesn’t give you. And where to find it.
No recorded vitamin D, zinc or selenium.
Vitamin D
0mgin barley water
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Zinc
Tracein barley water
Find it inOysters, raw592 % per 100 g
Selenium
Tracein barley water
Find it inKidney, pig, fried491 % per 100 g
100 mgVitamin C, 125 %
0.075 mgSelenium, 136 %
0.00125 mgVitamin D, 25 %
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Barley water against other drinks
Per 100 g, coffee (Irish) has the most vitamin A in this comparison, followed by passion fruit juice.
0.14mg
0.135mg
0.115mg
0.105mg
0.033mg
Coffee, Irish+0.035 mg
Passion fruit juice+0.03 mg
Barley water, undilutedthis page
Tomato juice−0.072 mg
All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against barley water.
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Questions about barley water
What the numbers say to the questions people actually search.
How many calories are in a portion of barley water?
A typical portion (250 ml, a glass) gives 225 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 90 kcal.
Is barley water a source of vitamin A?
It is a source of vitamin A: 0.105 mg per 100 g, 13 % of the NRV, which passes the 7.5 % threshold for “source of” but not the 15 % needed for “high in”.
Which vitamins and minerals does barley water have most of?
By share of the daily reference intake: vitamin A (0.105 mg, 13 %), vitamin C (10 mg, 13 %) and folate (0.005 mg, 2.5 %) per 100 g.
Is barley water high in salt?
No. Salt is 0.04 g per 100 g, which is very low under UK rules.
How these numbers were made
Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 17-743, Barley water, undiluted, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Main data references: Miscellaneous Foods Supplement, 1994; and industry data, 2013. Values are per 100 g of the edible part; a glass is 250 g, a glass, the usual UK portion for drinks. Reference intakes follow Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 Annex XIII as retained in GB law; “source of”, “high in” and “low” follow Regulation (EC) 1924/2006, assessed per 100 g (per 100 ml thresholds for drinks). Function lines are the authorised wording from the GB register of nutrition and health claims, credited to the nutrient. Energy is rounded to the whole kcal and kJ; other amounts to one decimal, or two below 1. A trace is shown as “trace” and never gets a figure or a badge; a nutrient never analysed is left off the page. We start from the dataset’s 2,887 records and keep 2,322: records weighed with bone, shell or skin, alcoholic drinks, infant foods, brand-named products, records with fewer than eight measured vitamins and minerals and near-identical variants are left out. Group context uses the 61 drinks kept from the dataset; a rank counts only the foods with a measured figure for that nutrient. Food images are illustrations from Ingredient Atlas, released under CC0; they show the food, not the measured sample, and where no illustration of the exact food exists the nearest one is shown (here: Barley). Checked 5 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More drinks
From the same group, with calories per 100 g, and the foods with the most vitamin A.
More drinks
Most vitamin A
- Coffee, Irish0.14 mg
- Passion fruit juice0.135 mg
- Fruit juice drink/squash, undiluted0.115 mg
- Liver, calf, fried25.2 mg
- Liver, pig, stewed22.6 mg
- Liver, lamb, fried19.7 mg
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