{"product_id":"red-mills-care-mash-18kg-horse-feed","title":"Red Mills Care Mash 18kg – Horse Feed","description":"\u003ch5\u003eRed Mills Horse Care Mash – 18kg\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003eHorse Care Mash is the cereal-grain-free mash in the RED MILLS range, soaking in 15 minutes and built on alfalfa meal, beet pulp and soya hulls with full-fat linseed for oil. Apple and carrot flakes are in there too, which is a large part of why a horse that has stopped eating will often take it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeclared starch is 7.0% and sugar 8.4% — genuinely modest for a feed carrying 12.0 MJ\/kg — and crude fibre reaches 16.0%. It can be the sole hard feed or go alongside another ration, and the soaked format makes it the obvious choice for a horse whose teeth are no longer up to hard cubes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026lt;\u0026gt;\u003ch5\u003ePerformance \u0026amp; Benefits\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReady in 15 minutes, with no long soak required.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCereal-grain free: alfalfa meal, beet pulp and soya hulls do the work instead of oats, barley or maize.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeclared starch 7.0% and sugar 8.4%, at 12.0 MJ\/kg — meaningful calories without a cereal load.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16.0% crude fibre and 8.0% crude oils and fats, the latter partly from full-fat linseed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRED MILLS Nutrition Care package: maerl at 0.75% and prebiotic mannan-\/fructo-oligosaccharides at 0.1%.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePer kg: 2,500 iu vitamin D3, 375 iu vitamin E, 50mg vitamin C, 4.4mg vitamin K3 and 3.75mg biotin, with partly chelated trace elements.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u0026lt;\u0026gt;\u003ch5\u003eSuitable For\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOlder horses and horses with poor dentition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHorses needing a lower-starch ration.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHorses that travel or compete regularly, where a soaked feed helps hydration.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHorses that are easily stressed, or that have gone off a dry feed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHorses needing extra body condition on a cereal-free diet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor a horse with diagnosed laminitis, insulin resistance or EMS, RED MILLS name Horse Care ULTRA Cubes rather than this mash — that cube declares 4.0% starch against 7.0% starch plus 8.4% sugar here.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u0026lt;\u0026gt;\u003ch5\u003eFeeding\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight work: 0.2–0.6kg per 100kg bodyweight daily — 1.0–3.0kg for a 500kg horse.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModerate work: 0.4–0.8kg per 100kg bodyweight daily — 2.0–4.0kg for a 500kg horse.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHard work: 0.8–1.2kg per 100kg bodyweight daily — 4.0–6.0kg for a 500kg horse.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntense work: 1.2–1.6kg per 100kg bodyweight daily — 6.0–8.0kg for a 500kg horse.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll rates are dry weight before soaking. RED MILLS cap any single meal at 400g per 100kg bodyweight — 2kg for a 500kg horse.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoak for 15 minutes before feeding. Can be fed as the sole hard feed or mixed with another ration.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u0026lt;\u0026gt;\u003ch5\u003eComposition \u0026amp; Analysis\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComposition: alfalfa meal, beet pulp, soya hulls, cane molasses, wheat bran, soya bean flakes (steam cooked), extruded soya bean, full fat linseed, pea flakes, chopped alfalfa, apple flakes, carrot flakes, mono-dicalcium phosphate, soya oil, maerl 0.75%, calcium carbonate, sodium chloride, magnesium oxide, mannan-\/fructo-oligosaccharides 0.1%.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTypical analysis: crude protein 14.0%, crude fibre 16.0%, crude oils and fats 8.0%, crude ash 10.4%. Starch 7.0%. Sugar 8.4%. Digestible energy 12.0 MJ\/kg.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinerals: calcium 1.63%, phosphorus 0.81%, sodium 0.3%, chloride 0.64%, potassium 1.39%, magnesium 0.33%.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePer kg: vitamin A 15,000 iu, vitamin D3 2,500 iu, vitamin E 375 iu, vitamin C 50mg, vitamin K3 4.4mg, biotin 3.75mg. Iron 150mg, iodine 1.5mg, copper 48.75mg, manganese 81.25mg, zinc 150mg, selenium 0.5mg, a proportion of each chelated.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarlier copy on this page credited the mash with added probiotics and elevated biotin. RED MILLS' declared composition contains prebiotic mannan-\/fructo-oligosaccharides, not probiotics, and biotin is 3.75mg per kg, which is ordinary for a fortified feed rather than elevated.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u0026lt;\u0026gt;\u003ch5\u003eCare \u0026amp; Caution\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStarch at 7.0% plus sugar at 8.4% comes to roughly 15% combined. That is far below a cereal mix but still above the level usually advised for an actively laminitic horse — take veterinary advice before feeding it to one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoak for the full 15 minutes. Feeding a quick-soak mash dry to a horse with poor teeth risks choke.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoaked feed spoils quickly in warm weather. Make it up fresh for each meal and do not leave it standing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Red Mills","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41372305457216,"sku":"pzc1789539278619","price":23.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/4091\/9616\/files\/red-mills-care-mash-18kg-horse-feed_1.webp?v=1789539283","url":"https:\/\/heritagefashionclad.shop\/products\/red-mills-care-mash-18kg-horse-feed","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}