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    Low-Starch Feed

    How do you know if a type of grain is low-starch? Are there certain ingredients to watch out for? I feed a grain that is advertised as "low starch", but I'm not happy with it and want to know what to look for in a new type of feed. Any suggestions would be great, thanks!
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    i went with my vet's advice~TC lite

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    • #3
      What feeds can go get in your area?

      Blue Seal Carb Guard, Triple Crown Senior (as well as one or two other TC feeds) are low in starch. Those are the ones I've had the best of luck with and I'm the most familiar with since they're widely available in my area.

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      • #4
        Look for the NSC levels on the label. Lower is better. Just like "diet" or "lite" foods for people, sometimes feeds may have names that indicate they are low starch, but really have quite a bit of starch.
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        • #5
          A low starch feed will usually have a beet pulp or soy base. If there are grain products listed as ingredients, it's probably got starch.

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          • #6
            Purina makes a grain labeled "Wellsolve low starch".

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            • #7
              The three big "offenders" in non-structural carbohydrates are oats, corn, and barley. If your feed has any of these (particularly in the first 5 ingredients), it will have a higher NSC rating.
              Most brands don't list the NSCs on the bag, but I know Triple Crown has a list of the NSC values of all their feeds on their website.
              Don't just trust the feed bag, as they can be misleading -- Seminole's Calm N' Cool actually has a very high NSC rating.
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              • #8
                Seminole's wellness line (formally called calm and cool) is 15% starch
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Foxhound View Post
                  Look for the NSC levels on the label.
                  No offense, but

                  I think maybe Blue Seal, or someone, may be starting to do that. Beyond that, you won't find it at all.

                  See if you can search this forum for "NSC" as there have been a few threads where lists of NSC levels of quite a few feeds have been listed.
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                  • #10
                    I've been nothing but happy with Blue Seal CarbGuard.
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Petstorejunkie View Post
                      Seminole's wellness line (formally called calm and cool) is 15% starch
                      But the NSC rating is very high -- as I recall, it was at least somewhere in the mid-40s. (Compare that to a low NSC food, like Triple Crown's Low Starch, which is 13.5, or their Senior, which is 11.7.) And, if you look at the ingredients of Calm n Cool, both barley and oats are in the top five ingredients. So, the starch may be low, but the NSCs are very high
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                      • #12
                        Here's one list I have. It's about 2 years old, but I wouldn't expect anything has gone UP, and likely several have gone down

                        BLUE SEAL:
                        Carb Guard - less than 11% (Sheri Becker Equi tested – NSC 6.4%)
                        1.9% simple sugar and 4.6% starch

                        Vintage Gold - 32%
                        Vintage Mare Foal - 33%
                        Vintage Senior - 20%
                        Vintage Racer - 30%
                        Vintage Sweet - 35%
                        Vintage Victory 36%
                        Demand - 26%
                        Contender - 34%
                        Hunter - 33%
                        Trotter - 25%
                        Sport 40%
                        Strider - 42%
                        Charger - 39%
                        Pacer - 48%
                        Rider - 44%
                        Horse 10 - 45%

                        BOSS - Black oil sunflower seeds. NSC 5.6%. 15-16% protein, 40% fat. 6 oz cup
                        weighs 3 oz.

                        BUCKEYE NUTRITION
                        Safe n’ Easy - 12.5% NSC pelleted, 16% - texturized (non tested)

                        Dynamite H.E.S. pellets test at NSC 10.90% (Linda in Calgary with A&L labs)

                        FARNAM
                        Platform Senior - 16.1%
                        Platform Mini & Pony - Total starch 18%, sugar 2.5% = NSC 20.5%

                        HAYSTACK WILDBERRY HORSE TREATS
                        NSC 12.8%, (12.2 sugar, .6 starch)

                        KER (Kentucky Equine Research and Flint River Mills)
                        Cool Balance - NSC – 29% (from company rep)

                        LMF - Low Carb Complete Stage 1 - 11% or less (current 2007 tests average 6-8%)
                        LMF Senior - 30%


                        MIDWEST AGRI PLAIN BEET PULP

                        MAC- PLAIN Beet Pulp - 13.4 sugar, .6 starch = 13.9
                        NSC (tested by melanie April-17-06) Probably a 2005 batch

                        MAC - PLAIN Beet Pulp (batch# K628202-03) meaning (K) Crookston plant, (6) meaning 2006, (282) meaning the 282nd day of the year and the (02) meaning the shift. 18.6% sugar, .8% starch = 19.4% NSC. This was tested twice for sugar as Dairy One did not believe the results of the sugar. 11-21-06 (tested by Melanie)

                        MAC – Plain Beet Pulp – ESC – simple sugars 7.1% seems to always been under 1% starch so total NSC should be 8% or less. Batch K7182 (Melanie Equi tested 8-3-07)


                        MOUNTAIN SUNRISE TIMOTHY PELLETS
                        NSC 9.7%, 9% sugar, .7% starch (tested by Joan and Dazzle)

                        NUTRENA -
                        SafeChoice - 22.8% (6.4% sugar, 16% starch) ( Solper)
                        Lite Balance 17.1% NSC (12.8% starch) Info from Nutrena


                        PENNFIELD ALL-PHASE
                        NSC – 14.1% (Sheri Becker tested with Equi – 5.2% simple sugar and 8.9% starch)

                        POULIN:
                        Senior 31.3%
                        MVP - 17.4% (27% protein)
                        Stablemate 14 complete - 16.3%
                        Endure 10:12 - 33.7%
                        Endure 10:8 - 33.9%
                        Carb Safe - 10% or less

                        PROGRESSIVE PRODUCTS:
                        ProAdvantage grass formula (ration balancer): 13%
                        Lo-carb: 19%
                        Senior pelleted: 22%
                        Senior Textured: 24%
                        (was told they use Dairy One for testing) Chanda

                        PURINA:
                        Horse Chow 100 - 16%
                        Horse Chow 200 - 18%
                        Strategy - 28%
                        Omelene 100 - 40.5% (eeegads!)
                        Equine Adult - 20%
                        Equine Jr - 23%
                        Equine Sr - 22%
                        Complete Advantage 22.9% (beet pulp based)
                        Nature Essentials (Mare & Main) supplement - 16% (protein about 12-14%)
                        Nature Essentials Born to Win 16% (but 32% protein)


                        REVOLUTION Feed - 19% NSC - Katy Watts - 12% fat (Equi tested)

                        SEMINOLE
                        Happy Hoof - 15%

                        STERETT
                        Low Carb Complete (pelleted - hay) - 8.6%

                        TRIPLE CROWN:
                        10% performance - 41.5%
                        14% performance - 38.2%
                        Complete 21.7%
                        Senior - 15.7%
                        Growth - 19.8%
                        Low Starch - 15.0%
                        Lite - 15.9%
                        12% - 29.7%
                        Safe Starch Forage 10% or less guaranteed

                        VITAROYAL - Linsey McLean
                        Hi Pro Plus (14.8-14.9 NSC) - high protein supplement- 29%
                        Hi Pro ULTRA ( 13.5% NSC)


                        WOODY’S
                        Senior: NSC = 21.9%, (7.3% simple sugar, 14.5% starch – Tested by Chanda Brandt –Equi-Analytical)
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                        • #13
                          I used to have a brochure from Seminole with the NSC of all their Wellness feeds, but I seem to have misplaced it. However, none of them were 40%, or even close to it. The highest ones were around 20%. Perform Safe was the lowest at 14% NSC (9% starch).

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