Iron content in Fibregenix balancer supplements

Aug 27, 2019

Prime Original and Lami Low-Cal contain no added iron in their formulations.  There will be some background iron but not a huge quantity.  It is included in Platinum Pro’s formulation as it forms part of the blood building package necessary for horses in hard work.

Feeding glucose/gluten intolerant horses

Aug 27, 2019

Is a Fibregenix balancer supplement safe to feed given that it contains wheat husks and oat hulls?

Remember that Glucose is present and constitutes part of the make up in all feedstuffs! However, the gluten in cereals is all in the grain so oat hulls and wheat husks will have miniscule gluten contents as it is from the hull of these cereals.

Vitamin E – mg compared to IU

Aug 27, 2019

Mg/I.U – mg is a measure mass and iu is an international measure of biological effect. So…… 1mg of any vitamin will always be the same mass ie 1mg. However, as iu measures biological effect, 1iu of vitamin E will have a different mass to 1iu of vitamin A so, mg do not equate to iu. Brain imploding at this?

The key thing to note here is the form of the vitamin ie our Vitamin E is comprised of tocopherol rich extracts that are far better absorbed than other ‘natural’ vitamin E or chemically synthesised Vitamin E where only one of four isomers is absorbed. Form defines function!

Why is there no chromium in Lami Low-Cal?

Aug 27, 2019

Although chromium does assist in the regulation of sugar levels in humans there is no research that indicates that horses are deficient in it hence it is not added in Lami Low-Cal. It is generally accepted that additional research is required to determine the efficacy of chromium supplements particularly in the management of insulin resistance

Starch/sugar content of Lami Low-Cal

Aug 27, 2019

Lami Low-Cal has 8.8% NSC (starch and WSC/ESC sugars). How much is that in grams?

The percentage is always of the finished product.  So 8.8% starch and sugar combined (NSC) equates to 8.8g per 100g Lami Low-Cal. Therefore,  when feeding 500g you would calculate 8.8g x 5 = 44g starch and sugar per 500g Lami Low-Cal. This is an incredibly low amount of starch, when you think that it’s being fed to a 500kg horse. A standard horse feed can be as much as 35% plus of starch, and for a 500kg horse you’d probably have to feed 3kg as per the manufacture’s recommendation.  This would work out at over 1kg of starch! Not ideal for your horse’s starch sensitive digestive system….