TopSpec Comprehensive Feed Balancer – 15kg Non-Heating Low Sugar Balancer

TopSpec Comprehensive Feed Balancer – 15kg

This is the all-rounder in the TopSpec balancer range and the one most yards start with. It is a 25% protein pellet built on soya bean meal and full fat soya, declared at 12.5 MJ/kg with 7.5% starch, and fed at 500g a day to a 500kg horse rather than by the scoopful.

The micronutrient side is published in full, which is unusual and worth using: biotin at 30mg/kg, vitamin E at 2,500iu/kg, calcium 2.4% and magnesium 0.6%. At the recommended rate that is 15mg of biotin a day for a 500kg horse. Mannan oligosaccharides are included for the hindgut, and the protein level is high enough to make a real difference to topline on a forage diet.

Performance & Benefits

• 25% protein from soya bean meal, full fat soya and linseed expeller — enough to build topline on a forage-based diet.
• Biotin declared at 30mg/kg, giving 15mg a day to a 500kg horse at the recommended rate.
• Vitamin E at 2,500iu/kg, calcium at 2.4%, magnesium at 0.6%.
• Mannan oligosaccharides included as a prebiotic for hindgut function.
• Starch declared at 7.5% and digestible energy 12.5 MJ/kg, in a 500g daily portion.
• Balances a forage or straights diet without the bulk of a conventional mix or cube.

Suitable For

• Horses and ponies of any age, from resting to hard work.
• Horses on a forage-based or straights-based diet that need the vitamins and minerals forage does not supply.
• Building and holding topline, and supporting hoof horn quality.
• Horses fed a TopSpec blend such as FibrePlus Cubes or UlsaKind Cubes, which carry no added micronutrients of their own.
• Not the balancer for a laminitic or an insulin-dysregulated horse — TopSpec AntiLam Forage Balancer is formulated for those, and TopSpec Lite Feed Balancer is the low-calorie option for a good doer.

Feeding

• Feed 100g per 100kg bodyweight daily — 500g for a 500kg horse, 250g for a 250kg pony.
• A half-pint mug holds roughly 200g. A 15kg sack lasts a 500kg horse 30 days.
• Mix into a damp chop or a small bucket feed rather than feeding it dry on its own.
• Introduce over seven to ten days, and provide access to a salt lick at all times.
• Ensure clean, fresh water is always available.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: soya bean meal (GM), wheatfeed, high fibre oat by-product, full fat soya (GM), linseed expeller, grass, molasses, calcium carbonate, dicalcium phosphate, vitamin premix, soya oil (GM), sodium chloride, magnesium oxide, mannan oligosaccharides.
• Typical analysis: protein 25.0%, oil 5.7%, fibre 8.5%, starch 7.5%.
• Digestible energy 12.5 MJ/kg. Calcium 2.4%, magnesium 0.6%.
• Vitamin E 2,500iu/kg. Biotin 30.0mg/kg.
• TopSpec publish no sugar percentage for this balancer, so none is stated here.
• 15kg sack, pelleted. TopSpec also produce it in 20kg.