LETTERS

Proanthocyanidin-free barley variety not mentioned
I enjoyed very much Donald E. Pszczola’s article, “New Ingredient Developments Are Going with the Grain” (February 2003, p. 46). Reading the section on barley, I was surprised to see no mention of proanthocyanidin-free barley. Work at Washington State University by Professor Diter von Wettstein will culminate in the 2003 release of the proanthocyanidin-free variety ‘Calypso.’

Proanthocyanidin-free varieties were originally developed in Sweden by v…