Thank you for posting this and the Proelite.
Are the amounts in the test from EA mg/lb or something else?
Ruby you have to convert PPM to milligrams per pound. Divide the PPM by 2.2
A JFYI newly posted under test results at ecir. Nutrena safe Choice Special Care.
guarantee max per their website:
Starch 10% sugar 3%.
test results from September 2020:
Starch 12.9% sugar 5.4%
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Interesting.
Thank you.
Update. I sent off a sample from a different bag with results much the same. I contacted the feed company about how high the iron tested. I was told some of the ingredients can carry a lot of iron - like Dicalcium Phosphate which would show on a test but is indigestible / not absorbed by horses. FWIW.
I just checked the ingredients of two feeds with no added iron. Stabul 1 lists Dical Phos and test results show IIRC iron around 500 ppm. (ECIR / Equi Analytical)
The new Tribute Wholesome Blends balancer - No added iron -no soy - lists Monocal Phos not Dical Phos.
Monocal Phos doesnt have “background” iron?
JB?
The Wholesome Blends Balancer has, according to Tribute, 175ppm intrinsic iron.
Are you saying dicalcium phosphate itself isn’t digestible, or the iron content in it is indigestible? I assume the latter.
According to this thread per a study I found, dicalcium phosphate can contain a range from 20ppm to 11,000ppm, depending on where it’s from, with an average of 7500ppm.
The question is - how much dical phos is in the product? 7500ppm is 213mg in 1oz. Compare that to a typical 200ppm grass hay around my area, which is 1800mg in 20lb.
I have no idea the Fe content of monocal phos and couldn’t find anything on a quick search
