Equiglo Quick Soak 10 Minute Beet – 18kg Natural High-Fibre Horse & Pony Feed

Equiglo Quick Soak 10 Minute Beet – 18kg

British-grown, non-GM sugar beet with the sugar already extracted, dried and micronised into flakes that soak in ten minutes rather than overnight. The short soak is a genuine hygiene advantage as much as a convenience one: a bucket of traditional beet left standing for twenty-four hours in July starts fermenting long before it reaches the horse.

Because the molasses has been left out, this is a low-sugar, low-starch source of digestible fibre rather than a sugary feed, and the energy it releases is non-heating. It is also rich in calcium, which makes it a useful counterweight to straight cereals and bran, and it carries BETA's NOPS accreditation and BETA's assurance mark for horses prone to gastric ulcers.

Performance & Benefits

• Low in starch and sugar, suiting sensitive horses and those needing metabolic support.
• Non-heating, steady energy — useful for cutting starch in a hard-working horse's ration.
• Improves fermentation of structural fibre from hay in the hindgut.
• Acts as a prebiotic fibre supporting beneficial gut microbes.
• Rich in calcium, so it balances straight cereals and bran.
• Soaks in ten minutes, which is more hygienic than a 24-hour soak in hot weather.
• BETA NOPS scheme member, and carries BETA's EGUS assurance mark.

Suitable For

• Horses and ponies prone to laminitis, needing a low-starch, low-sugar energy source.
• Veterans with poor dentition, and horses on poor-quality hay.
• Horses prone to gastric ulcers, where the BETA EGUS mark applies.
• Thin horses needing calm, non-heating condition gain.
• Not a balanced feed on its own — it supplies little in the way of vitamins and trace minerals, so pair it with a balancer.

Feeding

• Mix 1 part beet with 5 parts cold water by weight — 200g of beet takes 1 litre of water.
• Soak for approximately ten minutes before feeding.
• Feed according to bodyweight and workload alongside plenty of forage.
• Make up fresh for each feed and always provide clean, fresh water.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: non-GM, British-grown unmolassed micronised sugar beet flakes. 18kg.
• Equiglo publish no crude protein, fibre, sugar or energy percentages for this product, so none are stated here.

Care & Caution

• Never feed dry. Sugar beet swells substantially as it takes up water and can cause choke or colic if fed unsoaked.
• Soak fresh for every feed. A soaked bucket left standing in warm weather will ferment.