Here's some of the nutrients found in the barley plant (they don't just use the seeds). You actually need to know your ingredients before you start knocking them. Its like the stupid fad diet people that decide to cut out a food completely without information just because it is a fad.

Vitamins: Biotin, Choline, Folic acid, folate, Niacin, Pantothenic acid, Vitamin A (beta carotene), Vitamin B1(Thiamin), Vitamin B2(Riboflavin), Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12, Vitamin C, Vitamin B, Vitamin F, Vitamin K,
Vitamin E.



Minerals: Boron, Calcium, Chloride, Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Iodine, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Molybdenum, Nickel, Phosphorus, Potassium, Selenium, Sodium, Sulfur, Zinc, Trace amounts of more than 50 other minerals



Enzymes: ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (AGPase), Alpha Mannosidase, Aspartate aminotransferase, Beta Glucosidase, Catalase, Cytochrome oxidase, DNase, Fatty acid oxidase, Hexokinase, Malic dehydrogenase, Nitrate reductase, Nitrogen oxyreductase, P4D1, Peroxidase, Peroxidase catalase, Phosphatase, Phospholipase, Polyphenol oxidase, RNase, Superoxide dismutase, Transhydrogenase.