Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:22 am Post subject: Feed ingredients list - feel free to add yours!
This thread is for listing feeds and their ingredients, for reference. Please list ingredients in full, as shown on the white label or listed on the bag.
Please also give the full name of the feed or supplement and the company who produce it.
"A unique blend of oat straw, alfalfa, grass, mint, garlic and soya oil with added vitamins and minerals." Sorry, will have to look on the next bag for a full list of ingredients.
Typical analysis:
DE 8.8 MJ/kg
Oil 4%
Protein 8%
Fibre 25%
Starch 4%
Vit A 10 000 IU/kg
Vit D3 1500 IU/kg
Vit E 200 IU/kg
Copper 15 mg/kg
Selenium 0.1 mg/kg
I emailed them to ask about sugar content, and got:
"In answer to your question about Happy Hoof, the sugar level by analysis is 3%. The molasses we use to coat the feed is called Molglo, which is a very low sugar version suitable for laminitics, which is how we keep the sugar level to a minimum."
Dengie Hi-Fi Good-doer (1.5% starch, 8% sugar)
Ingredients:
Cereal Straw, Alfalfa, Molasses, Mould Inhibitor, Antioxidant, Mint Flavour, Lysine, Zinc sulphate, Manganese sulphate, Vitamin E, Copper sulphate, Sodium selenite. Contains permitted EC preservatives and antioxidants: Propionic acid and its salt, Sorbic and Phosphoric acid and Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA).
Typical analysis (%) ‘as fed’
Protein 8.5
Oil 1.7
Fibre 40
Ash (mineral) 8
Copper, as copper sulphate 10mg/kg
Selenium, as sodium selenite 0.2mg/kg
Vitamin E, as alpha tocopherol* 81 iu/kg
Digestible Energy 7MJ/kg
Emailed again to ask about sugar/molasses in feed (also for HiFi lite):
"Hi-Fi Good Do-er is coated with an ordinary molasses coating and sugar level is 8%, whereas Hi-Fi Lite is coated with a molasses extract coating, also termed low sugar coating, and provides around 5% sugar. To put this in perspective hay would typically provide 10% sugar and pasture anything up to 50% sugar. The starch level in both products is 1.5% or less and both products are completely cereal free. "
The molasses we use to coat the feed is called Molglo
This is a mixture of soya oil and mollasses which is used in LOTS of feeds, so if you see it on an ingredients list, then thats what you've got
As a matter of interest, straight mollasses has a listed sugar content of 47% and Molglo 40%, so its not THAT much lower in sugar
And how, by any stretch of the imagination, is something which is 40% sugar
Quote:
a very low sugar version suitable for laminitics
?????????
And here is another VERY naughty statement:
Quote:
pasture anything up to 50% sugar
Even dairy cow pasture over the summer is rarely more than 25% sugar, so I have NO idea where they got that figure from - and we all know what dairy cow pasture in summer does to hooves _________________ www.rockleyfarm.co.uk
or our blog: www.rockleyfarm.blogspot.com
Nic,
I know, that email reply is interesting Maybe a tad defensive, because I asked them why anyone would think of putting molasses in a feed aimed at laminitics.
But at least they will tell you how much sugar/starch is in the feed! It's all about informed choices...
Oh... and I'll give my horse a Molasses lick in his stable too then - just to drive him over the edge! Oh yes, and one of those LickIt blocks as well, just in case he isn't completely out of his box with that lot!
and don't forget Bruce, if your horses don't like their low sugar feed, you can make it tastier by adding molasses
teehehe oh dear me ...
what ever happened to mint? why dont they flavour the feeds with mint instead of mollasses to make them appetising to fussy feeders?
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Maybe a tad defensive, because I asked them why anyone would think of putting molasses in a feed aimed at laminitics.
