Depends. There is no universally safe food and no universally bad food.If it doesn't seem to bother you go for it.If you have been diagnosed with Celiac disease do not eat barley as it has gluten in it.K.------------------I have no financial, academic, or any other stake in any commercial product mentioned by me.My story and what worked for me in greatly easing my IBS: http://www.ibsgroup.org/ubb/Forum17/HTML/000015.html