Equilibrium LiteMunch 1kg

Equilibrium LiteMunch – 1kg Fibre Block

LiteMunch is the lowest-sugar block in Equilibrium's Munch range: dried lucerne at 99.4% with spearmint at 0.6%, compressed hard into a 1kg block. Equilibrium declare sugar at 6%, against 9.5% for the Vitamunch blocks, and that difference is the whole reason this one exists.

The compression is what makes it last. A horse has to work at the block rather than simply eat it, so 1kg occupies a stabled horse for far longer than 1kg of loose chaff would. Crude fibre is declared at 29% and crude protein at 16%.

Performance & Benefits

• Dried lucerne at 99.4%, with spearmint at 0.6% for palatability.
• Sugar declared at 6%, the lowest in the Equilibrium Munch range.
• Crude fibre 29% and crude protein 16%.
• Compressed hard, so even a greedy horse cannot bolt it.
• Equilibrium state Munch can be used as part of the dietary management of horses at risk of, or prone to, laminitis.
• Fits a munch net, a bucket, a manger or simply the stable floor.

Suitable For

• Horses and ponies on a controlled-sugar diet.
• Stabled horses and horses on box rest that need something to do.
• Travelling and competing, as a compact alternative to a haynet.
• Eager feeders that need slowing down.
• Not for a horse with poor teeth unless the block is well soaked first — Equilibrium say so explicitly.

Feeding

• Feed up to one block per day per 100kg bodyweight — a maximum of five blocks daily for a 500kg horse.
• Feed whole, from the ground, a bucket, a manger or a munch net.
• Soak the block to soften it if the horse struggles to bite in.
• Provide clean, fresh water alongside.
• Equilibrium state an opened block keeps for up to a week.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: dried lucerne (99.4%), spearmint (0.6%).
• Crude protein 16%. Crude fat 3%. Crude fibre 29%. Crude ash 7%.
• Sugar 6%. Sodium 0.1%.
• Equilibrium publish no starch figure for LiteMunch, so none is stated here.
• 1kg block. Equilibrium also pack them five to a box.

Care & Caution

• Equilibrium state LiteMunch is not suitable for elderly or dentally challenged horses unless it is well soaked.
• Lucerne is a calcium-rich forage. If you feed several blocks a day alongside a lucerne-based hard feed, get the whole ration looked at.
• Make soaked blocks up fresh and do not leave them standing in warm weather.