Healthy Tummy
A nutritionally-balanced, pure alfalfa, high-fibre feed containing high specification ingredients to promote digestive health.
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Key Features
Healthy Tummy is a nutritionally-balanced, pure alfalfa, high-fibre feed containing high specification ingredients to promote digestive health.
- A blend of chopped and pelleted alfalfa with a rapeseed oil coating providing 11.5MJ/kg of Digestible Energy from fibre and oil
- Alfalfa is a widely recognised ingredient for promoting digestive health due to its natural buffering properties
- Approved by BETA for horses and ponies prone to Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome
- No added sugar and naturally low in starch at just 2%
- Healthy Tummy contains ADM Protexin In-Feed Formula, which supplies prebiotics to promote a healthy microbial population that is vital for fibre digestion and gut health
- A high specification of vitamins and minerals, including B vitamins. Additional magnesium and calcium are included to help maintain optimal digestive health
- Healthy Tummy provides more chew time than ‘ulcer’ mixes or cubes which generates more saliva; the horse’s natural defence against acidity
- Contains a unique blend of tasty herbs – oregano, cinnamon and ginger – to tempt fussy horses
- Healthy Tummy is rich in highly digestible fibre and packed with natural vitamins and minerals
- Free from molasses, preservatives and straw
- The alfalfa is precision-dried to lock in natural nutrients and produce an exceptionally clean source of fibre compared to sun-dried forages.
Visit our feed advice pages for additional feeding advice for horses and ponies prone to EGUS.
Ingredients & Nutritional Information
Typical analysis (%) ‘as fed’
| Digestible Energy | 11.5MJ/kg |
|---|---|
| Protein | 14 |
| Oil | 8.5 |
| Ash (Mineral) | 9.5 |
| Fibre | 27 |
| Copper | 12mg/kg |
| Selenium | 0.25mg/kg |
| Zinc | 64mg/kg |
| Biotin | 6mg/kg |
| Naturally Occurring Sugar | 4.5 |
| Starch | 2 |
Ingredients
Alfalfa, alfalfa pellets, rape seed oil, vitamin and mineral premix, ADM protexin in-feed formula, yeast and prebiotics, herbs
The visual appearance of the actual product may vary due to environmental conditions during growth and time of harvest.
Healthy Tummy comes in a 15kg bale.
Feeding Guidelines
How to feed Healthy Tummy
For horses at rest or in light work:
Healthy Tummy is a nutritionally balanced feed containing all the vitamins and minerals your horse or pony needs. There is no need to add any mix, cubes or supplements as long as you are feeding the recommended levels.
For horses in moderate and hard work:
Feeding a high fibre diet is essential should your horse be suffering or have had ulcers in the past. Healthy Tummy can be fed alongside Dengie Alfa-Beet to increase energy intake to meet the requirements of harder work. Healthy Tummy can also be fed alongside mixes and cubes to help counteract the effects of using cereal based feeds.
Case Studies
Ex-racehorse struggling to maintain condition
Leah Grange was concerned about giving her ex-racehorse Colin too much sugar in his diet and it “blowing his brains”. After a chat with the Dengie nutrition team she realised that his current ration was completely wrong for him in other ways too.
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A healthy tummy = a healthy and happy horse
Conner was suffering with faecal water issues that were particularly bad after being on fresh grass or if he was stabled. Gemma also believed that Conner had ulcers from the stressful upbringing he had before she bought him. It was suggested that Gemma tried Conner on Dengie Healthy Tummy which she says made a huge difference.
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Prada is a completely different horse – a happy one at that
Caitlin O’Kane shares with us her horse’s story and transformation – from being diagnosed with grade 4 ulcers to a happy, healthy horse.
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I wouldn’t feed anything else
Healthy Tummy provides everything Lewi needs to support his recovery from ulcers. He has never looked so well – I wouldn’t feed anything else!
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Healthy Tummy Powers Polo Ponies
Katie O’Driscoll from Ireland contacted the Dengie team to let us know the difference that Healthy Tummy has made to her polo ponies.
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Promoting Digestive Health & Condition
When Kim brought Roxy she suspected gastric ulcers and when looking at different feeds to promote digestive health and condition she decided on Healthy Tummy. Now all her horses are fed Healthy Tummy!
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Sally Moore –
My horse Cash 16.2 Thoroughbred gelding suffered terribly with ulcers. After recovering I decided to try Healthy Tummy, this has been a gamechanger & I now have a happy healthy horse again. His skin & coat is also gleaming.
This is definitely the product he will be constantly on from now on.
Mia Piper –
I have a 15.3 8 year old TB, he’s your typical stressy type who loses weight very easily. I’ve recently put him on Healthy Tummy and found massive improvements in not only his weight but also his nature, he’s much less stressy and his poo’s have really firmed up too!
It’s a super quality feed without a super massive premium!
Diana Finch –
I fed Healthy Tummy to my previous horse and it was a game changer. I now have a part bred Connemara who hated having her girth fastened, no matter how slowly it was done,and hated having her belly brushed, since putting her on Healthy Tummy she is not at all grumpy and is just much more settled in her attitude.It is truly a magical feed!