This pouch contains 200g of Organic New Zealand Barley Grass powder (Hordeum vulgare). This product is Vegan Society certified, Soil Association Organic Certified and for every pack sold Rainforest Foods will donate funds to Rainforest Concern to purchase one square meter of cloud forest to expand the Neblina Reserve in Ecuador. Although mankind has used Barley grain for millennia, the leafy part of the plant has only been consumed by humans since agricultural research into its effectiveness as a dietary supplement in the 1930s. Containing a variety of vitamins and minerals, Barley grass is an excellent, broad-spectrum food to support a healthy diet. A notable component of Barley grass is the green pigment chlorophyll, which allows plants to convert light into energy via photosynthesis. Barley grass contains Vitamins A, B1, B2, B9, and C and minerals which include Chromium, Manganese and Potassium. We source our Barley grass from an organic farm in Canterbury, New Zealand. It is harvested while the plant is still young, below 30 cm tall. Within 1-6 hours of harvest the Barley grass is transported to an organically certified dehydrating company, where the moisture content is reduced by air dryers. The drying process takes between 20 and 25 minutes. Once dried, the powder is milled, first to particles of approximately 150 - 200 microns, then 50 microns. Since it began, Rainforest Foods' purpose has been to help people combine good nutrition with modern living. Realising that a return to time-rich living close to the land is just not possible, we have sourced a range of wholefoods whose exceptional nutritional richness can support modern lifestyles rather than forcing them to change. We look all around the world for these foods, and have them processed in a way that keeps as much nutrition as possible while making them convenient for you to use.