Omega Equine Apple Cider Vinegar 5ltr

Omega Equine Apple Cider Vinegar – 5 Litre

The five litre is the container you buy once you have decided cider vinegar earns its place in the feed room. At Omega’s rate of 50 to 100ml a day it is somewhere between fifty and a hundred days for a single horse, or a couple of weeks across a yard of four — and the cost per litre drops sharply against the one litre bottle.

The vinegar itself is unchanged: unpasteurised cider vinegar, produced in the UK from regional suppliers, with nothing else declared in the composition. What it is bought for is appetite, and after that the digestive claims Omega make around acidifying the stomach and supporting mineral absorption. It is heavy at five litres, so decant into a smaller jug for daily measuring rather than lifting the container at every feed.

Performance & Benefits

• 5 litres — roughly 50 to 100 days for one horse at Omega’s stated rate.
• Considerably better value per litre than the 1 litre bottle.
• Unpasteurised cider vinegar, the whole of the composition Omega declare.
• Sharpens the appetite in fussy feeders and horses that have gone off their feed.
• Omega link it to stomach acidity, digestion, mineral absorption and fluid balance in the tissues.
• Produced in the UK from regional suppliers. Omega also supply 1 litre and 25 litre.

Suitable For

• Yards and multi-horse households feeding it daily.
• One horse on it long term, where a litre would not last the month.
• Owners already convinced by cider vinegar and buying on price per litre.
• Feed rooms with somewhere cool and dark to keep a full container.
• Overkill for a single trial — the Omega Equine Apple Cider Vinegar 1 litre is the bottle to test it with first.

Feeding

• Horses: 50–100ml daily.
• Ponies: 25–50ml daily.
• Decant into a smaller measuring jug rather than pouring from the 5 litre at each feed.
• Add to the feed or to water and mix through; never give it neat.
• Introduce it gradually, starting at the lower end of the range.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: unpasteurised cider vinegar.
• Analytical constituents as declared by Omega: crude protein above 0.05%, crude fibre above 0.05%.
• 5 litre container. Omega also supply 1 litre and 25 litre.
• Omega declare no acetic acid percentage, pH or mineral figures for this vinegar, so none is stated here.

Care & Caution

• Vinegar is acidic. It must go into feed or water at the stated rate — never neat, and never above the daily amount.
• Ask your vet before feeding it to a horse with, or prone to, gastric ulcers.
• Omega describe cider vinegar as acting as a natural repellent to some insects. That is their own claim for a feed material — it is not a licensed insecticide and should not replace fly control.
• Five litres is heavy and the contents are acidic: keep the cap on, store it upright and low down, and keep it away from children and animals.