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Low NSC - Horse Type
View a list of the best low-NSC horse feeds, supplements and products in the Mad Barn Equine Feed Database. Discover detailed nutrition information and ingredient labels to compare feeds for your horse.
Feeds, Supplements & Products
AminoTrace+ Vitamin and Mineral Supplement (Mad Barn)
AminoTrace+ by Mad Barn is a complete, balanced equine mineral and vitamin supplement designed for horses with metabolic concerns. It is ideal for horses with IR, PPID, or high iron in the diet.
Omneity P – Pellets – Vitamin & Mineral Supplement (Mad Barn)
Omneity Pellets is a balanced mineral and vitamin supplement for horses in a palatable pellet form. It provides 100% organic trace minerals, complete B-vitamin fortification, added Vitamin E, yeast and digestive enzymes.
Smart Zero Lite (Smart Horse Nutrition)
Smart Zero Lite from Smart Horse Nutrition is a feed that is intended for horses with metabolic or laminitis issues. It contains low starch and sugars and high fiber.
Smart Zero Mash (Smart Horse Nutrition)
Smart Zero Mash is a feed that has low NSC levels. It is intended to assist with digestion, hindgut health, and weight gain.
Smart Zero Mix (Smart Horse Nutrition)
Smart Zero Mix is a forage-based feed that is intended to support digestion, hindgut health, weight gain, and hoof health. It contains low starch and sugar and is grain free.
Smoochies (Hygain)
Smoochies from Hygain is a treat supplement that contains protein, fat, fiber, and minerals. It is low in starch and sugar.
Speedi-Beet (Baileys Horse Feeds)
Speedi-Beet by Baileys Horse Feeds has an NSC content of 5.01%. This feed is intended for horses and ponies needing forage alternatives and prone to laminitis and gastric ulcers.
Spirulina Super Food Horse Treats (Extra Low Sugar) (Twenty Four Carrots)
Spirulina Super Food Horse Treats is a low NSC treat of 6.1%, containing ingredients such as chia, hemp seeds, and dandelion leaf with added spirulina. It has no GMOs, by-products, fillers, soy, corn, molasses and grain.
Stable Mix Lite (Elk Grove Milling)
Stable Mix Lite by Elk Grove Milling is a high fiber feed containing less than 12% NSC. It is intended for easy keepers, or horses needing low sugar and starch diets.
Stabul 1 (Anderson Feed Co)
Stabul™ 1 is a low-starch (5%) and low-sugar (5%) feed intended for easy keepers and horses, ponies and mules with metabolic concerns. It is corn, oats and molasses-free.
Stabul 1 Plus (Anderson Feed Co)
Stabul™ 1 Plus is a low-starch (5%) and low-sugar (5%) feed intended for horses that are in work or hard keepers. It is designed for horses with metabolic concerns to provide higher energy density.
Stay Cool (Keyflow Feeds)
Stay Cool from Keyflow has no added molasses with added prebiotics and probiotics to support horses’ digestive system. Stay Cool is an extruded feed with a low feeding rate.
Step 4 Lo-Sugar Lite (Step Right)
Step 4-Lo-Sugar Lite is a high fibre pelleted feed is intended for horses that are prone to sugar sensitivities, metabolic issues.
Step 4 Low Sugar Lite (Trouw Nutrition)
Step 4 Low Sugar Lite by Trouw Nutrition is a high-fibre pelleted feed intended for horses who are prone to founder, sugar sensitivities, insulin resistance and metabolic disorders.
Step 8 Hi-Fat (Unger Feeds)
Step 8 Hi-Fat from Unger Feeds is a pelleted feed that is high in fat and fiber with low NSC. It is intended for performance horses in heavy work.
Structure E Grain-Free (St.Hippolyt)
Structure E by St.Hippolyt is a grain-free feed low in starch and sugar, and is intended for all types of horses and ponies.
Super Fibre Cubes (Saracen Horse Feeds)
Saracen Super Fibre Cubes is a pelleted ration formulated for horses needing low starch and high fibre. It can be used as a partial hay replacer.
SuperFibra Integri-T (Purina)
SuperFibra Integri-T has a low NSC content (10%) which can be fed to horses that require a low starch/sugar diet. SupreFibra Integri-T is a pelleted feed that is designed for horses who are insulin resistant or have a history of tieing up.
Synergize (Tribute)
Synergize by Tribute is a pelleted feed intended for hard-keepers and horses with a heavy workload that are sensitive to sugar and starch.
The Herbalist (The Forage Porridge)
The Herbalist from The Forage Porridge is a horse feed that is meant to calm and relax horses through the use of natural herbs. This is one of their palatable, forage-based mash kits that contains protein, fiber, vitamin C, fat, and no sugar.
Timothy Blend (Sacate Pellet Mills)
Timothy Blend from Sacate Pellet Mills is a low NSC feed. It is intended for maintenance or training horses. It contains alfalfa and timothy hay in pellet form.
Total Equine LNSC (Total Feeds)
Total Equine LNSC is a complete ration designed for horses suffering from insulin resistance. It contains a maximum 16% NSC with high 15% crude protein and moderate 5% fat.
Trifiber Compete (Excel Equine Feeds)
Trifiber Compete from Excel Equine Feeds is meant for performance horses and has a low NSC content. It is a safe source of calories with fat and fiber. It is made to be beneficial to horses prone to metabolic conditions and horses with weight issues.
Unbeetable Complete (Unbeetable Feeds)
Unbeetable Complete by Unbeetable feeds is a grain free complete feed intended for all horse types. It contains a blend of organic and inorganic trace minerals.
Unbeetable Forage Only Blend (Unbeetable Feeds) – [Discontinued]
This blend from Unbeetable Feeds contains forage only with no grains. It has low sugar and contains alfalfa, beet pulp, and flaxseed oil.
Unmolassed Sugar Beet Flakes (Chestnut Horse Feeds)
Unmolassed Sugar Beet Flakes from Chestnut Horse Feeds is a beet pulp-based feed with low NSC (6.4%). This feed is high in digestible fibre and intended for horses and ponies at any work level.
Veteran Light (Allen & Page)
Veteran Light from Allen & Page is a low-energy pelleted feed that is high in fibre with a low NSC content (8.5%). Veteran Light is a palatable horse feed with added probiotics.
VTM – 30 Pellet (Masterfeeds)
VTM-30 Pellet by Masterfeeds is a concentrated, low-calorie pelleted supplement formulated for horses. It can be fed on its own or combined with grain to create a balanced and complete ration.
Wellness Equi-Safe (Seminole)
Wellness Equi-Safe® is a low-calorie complete feed for adult horses and ponies with metabolic concerns. This molasses-free feed is composed of long-stemmed fiber from low-starch grasses.
WellSolve L/S Concentrate (Purina)
Purina WellSolve L/S® Concentrate Horse Feed is a pelleted feed targeted to horses that require a low starch and sugar diet. It provides a maximum of 11% NSC from starch (7%) and sugar (4%).
WES All in One (St.Hippolyt)
WES All in One by St.Hippolyt is a grain-free and low sugar muesli, intended for sport and leisure horses.
WES Bodyguard (St.Hippolyt)
WES Bodyguard by St.Hippolyt is a grain-free high protein pelleted supplement intended to support muscle growth in horses.
WES Crispy Crunch (St.Hippolyt)
WES Crispy Crunch by St.Hippolyt is a high-energy and low sugar muesli with lysine, methionine and threonine. It is intended to support muscle growth and maintenance in performance and leisure horses.
WES Gastro Beet Mash (St.Hippolyt)
WES Gastro Beet Mash by St.Hippolyt is a mash feed intended for sport and leisure horses with stomach, muscle and metabolic problems.



















