Because only
the inedible hull is removed, it is considered a whole grain.
After
the inedible hull is removed you have a whole oat groat which looks somewhat like a large grain of rice.
When oats are harvested, they have a tough,
inedible hull which has to be removed before cooking.
A single oat grain is composed of several parts, including an outer
inedible hull, a thinner inside layer called bran and a soft endosperm composed mostly of starches.
Not exact matches
By fresh oats I mean whole oat kernels from a farmer's field similar to other grains you might buy such as whole wheat berries, with only their
inedible outer
hull removed.
In the case of both white and brown rice, the
inedible outer
hull of the rice is removed so that the grain of the rice is accessible.
Hulled barley, as its name suggests, has had its
inedible, outermost layer — the
hull — removed.
The mill removes only the outer
inedible shell known as the
hull — virtually guaranteeing you get all the goodness of wholegrain no matter what form you eat oats in.
Brown rice, often referred to as whole rice or cargo rice, is the whole grain with only its
inedible outer
hull removed.
Hulled barley, or covered barley, is when the grain has been only slightly processed to remove the
inedible outer shell.
Hulless barley is when the outer
hull is loosely attached to the kernel so the
inedible outer layer will fall off during harvesting.
Besides removing the
inedible outer
hull, the pearling process removes the germ and bran and, for this reason, pot and pearl barley are not considered whole grains.