Spillers Cool Mix provides a naturally balanced energy for horses and ponies with low to medium energy requirements. It is a open textured mix with natural ingredients that have undergone minimal processing. The mix includes wholesome cereals, such as steam flaked barley, maize and peas alongside cereal fibres and rapeseed oil. It also contains all the vitamins and minerals for a balanced diet to support your horse or pony’s all round, long term health.
| Manufacturer | Spillers |
|---|---|
| Exclusive to us | No |
Grass may contain high levels of simple sugars (the main one being sucrose – the same sugar you put in your tea!) and fructan or ‘stored sugar’, collectively referred to as water-soluble carbohydrate (WSC).
In fact, a 300kg pony turned out 24/7 could consume up to 2.3kg of simple sugars and up to 7.5kg of WSC from grass alone! But fresh grass isn’t the only culprit, hay and haylage can be deceptively high in WSC too.
Grass may contain high levels of simple sugars (mainly sucrose – the same sugar you put in your tea!) and fructan or ‘stored sugar’, collectively referred to as water soluble carbohydrates or ‘WSC’. For severely laminitic horses and ponies complete removal from grazing may be the only the option, particularly during high risk periods such as spring and autumn.
