Gluten-Free Barley

Through the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia has developed the world's first WHO-approved "gluten-free" barley. Kebari Barley has already attracted the attention of brewers, with Radeberger (Germany) buying 70 tons for malting to brew Pionier, the first commercially produced, full-flavoured barley-based gluten-free beer. Kebari, which has been patented by CSIRO, is not genetically modified, but results from "a program of breeding out the gluten by cross-breeding low gluten barley varieties."