TopSpec UlsaKind Cubes – 20kg Conditioning Cubes for Gastric Health

TopSpec UlsaKind Cubes – 20kg

UlsaKind Cubes resolve a genuine conflict: a horse with a history of gastric ulceration often also needs to put weight on, and the cereal-based feeds that normally do that are the ones most likely to irritate the stomach. TopSpec's answer is a cereal-grain-free cube declared at 12.0 MJ/kg with 7.0% starch — conditioning energy without the starch load.

The distinctive ingredient is maerl, a calcareous marine algae included in the declared composition, which acts as a buffer to stomach acid. Around it sit 18% fibre, 6.5% oil from linseed expeller, full fat linseed and soya oil, and 13.5% protein. Like the other TopSpec blends it carries no added vitamins or trace elements and is meant to be fed with a balancer.

Performance & Benefits

• 7.0% declared starch at 12.0 MJ/kg — conditioning energy from fibre and oil rather than cereal.
• Maerl (calcareous marine algae) in the declared composition, buffering stomach acid.
• 6.5% oil from linseed expeller, full fat linseed and soya oil.
• 18% fibre, feeding the beneficial bacteria in the hindgut.
• Cereal-grain-free, so the amount of starch reaching the hindgut stays low.
• Calcium 1.2% and magnesium 0.5% from the mineral premix, which plain straights would not supply.

Suitable For

• Horses with a history of, or predisposition to, gastric ulceration.
• Horses needing condition where a low-starch feed is essential.
• Performance horses that need energy but cannot tolerate a cereal mix.
• Any horse or pony on a low sugar, low starch, high fibre diet.
• Not a complete feed: it contains no added vitamins or trace elements, so it must be fed with a TopSpec balancer or the All-in-One supplement.

Feeding

• TopSpec publish no daily quantity for UlsaKind Cubes, so none is stated here. Feed to condition and workload alongside forage.
• Always feed alongside a TopSpec feed balancer or the All-in-One supplement.
• Keep forage in front of the horse. An empty stomach is the single biggest risk factor for ulceration, and no feed compensates for long gaps without forage.
• Feed a small amount of chop or forage before exercise rather than working a horse on an empty stomach.
• Ensure clean, fresh water is always available.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: high fibre oat by-product, soya bean meal (GM), unmolassed beet pulp, linseed expeller, wheatfeed, soya hulls (GM), molasses, full fat linseed, mineral premix, soya oil (GM), maerl (calcareous marine algae).
• Typical analysis: protein 13.5%, oil 6.5%, fibre 18.0%, starch 7.0%.
• Digestible energy 12.0 MJ/kg. Calcium 1.2%, magnesium 0.5%.
• No added vitamins or trace elements — TopSpec declare none for this blend.
• TopSpec publish no sugar percentage, so none is stated here.
• 20kg bag.

Care & Caution

• Gastric ulceration is diagnosed by gastroscopy and treated by a vet. A feed supports that treatment and reduces the risk of recurrence; it does not cure ulcers and should not delay a veterinary examination.
• A horse that is losing condition, girthy, grinding its teeth or reluctant to work needs investigating rather than simply changing feed.