Patent ID: 7919132

Claim:
A process for making a food product, comprising a) obtaining barley grain comprising a genetic variation which reduces the activity of SBEIIa by 40%, and a reduced level of SBEIIa and SBEIIb proteins in its endosperm, relative to barley grain of the Golden Promise variety, and starch comprising amylose, wherein the amylose content of the starch as measured by an iodometric method is at least 40% (w/w) of total starch content of the barley grain, b) optionally processing the barley grain to produce milled, ground, pearled, rolled, kibbled or cracked grain, flour, wholemeal or starch therefrom, and c) including the barley grain of a), or the milled, ground, pearled, rolled, kibbled or cracked grain, flour, wholemeal or starch of b) as an ingredient in the food product, to thereby make the food product.