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Flaxseed (Linseed) - Feed Ingredient

Whole flaxseed, also known as linseed, is the unprocessed seed of the Linum usitatissimum plant, known for its high fat content and rich concentration of omega-3 fatty acids, particularly alpha-linolenic acid (ALA). It also contains dietary fiber and protein.

The hard outer shell of flaxseed provides natural protection against oxidation, allowing for a longer shelf life compared to ground flaxseed. However, this tough seed coat can reduce digestibility unless the seeds are chewed thoroughly or processed before feeding.

In equine diets, flaxseed is often fed to support skin and coat health, promote a balanced omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acid ratio, and provide a source of cool energy. While horses can partially digest whole flax seed, grinding or soaking the seeds before feeding improves nutrient absorption.

The following equine feeds, supplements and products contain Flaxseed (Linseed) as an ingredient.

Feeds, Supplements & Products
AminoTrace+ Vitamin and Mineral Supplement (Mad Barn)
Hoof HealthHoof Health
Metabolic SyndromeMetabolic Syndrome
Organic Trace MineralsOrganic Trace Minerals
VitaminsVitamins
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.
Natural E/Organic Se (Mad Barn)
AntioxidantAntioxidant
Organic Trace MineralsOrganic Trace Minerals
RecoveryRecovery
VitaminsVitamins
Natural E/Organic Se is a pelleted supplement providing organic Selenium yeast and natural Vitamin E. These two nutrients are important antioxidants that support muscle function and anti-inflammatory pathways.
Omneity P – Pellets – Vitamin & Mineral Supplement (Mad Barn)
Gut HealthGut Health
Hoof HealthHoof Health
Mineral BalanceMineral Balance
Organic Trace MineralsOrganic Trace Minerals
Ration BalancerRation Balancer
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.
Omneity Premix – Vitamin & Mineral Supplement (Mad Barn)
Hoof HealthHoof Health
Mineral BalanceMineral Balance
Organic Trace MineralsOrganic Trace Minerals
VitaminsVitamins
Omneity Premix is a balanced mineral and vitamin supplement for horses providing 100% organic trace minerals, complete B-vitamin fortification, added Vitamin E, yeast, and digestive enzymes.
Optimum Digestive Health Pellets (Mad Barn)
DigestionDigestion
Feed EfficiencyFeed Efficiency
Gut HealthGut Health
ProbioticProbiotic
Optimum Digestive Health from Mad Barn is a probiotic and prebiotic supplement designed to support hindgut health in the horse. It helps to maintain a stable microflora and promote immune health.
w-3 Oil (Mad Barn)
Coat QualityCoat Quality
FatFat
JointsJoints
Omega 3-6-9Omega 3-6-9
w-3 Oil by Mad Barn is an essential fatty acid supplement fortified with the omega-3 DHA and natural Vitamin E. W-3 Oil helps to support joint health, coat quality, cardiovascular health and weight maintenance.
Omolene Progression 200 (Purina)
BroodmareBroodmare
Complete FeedComplete Feed
PerformancePerformance
StallionStallion
Omolene Progression 200 is a textured feed intended for performance horses, growing horses and gestating mares. It supplies 14% protein and 7% fat from ingredient sources including soybean meal, soybean oil, whole oats, flaked barley and extruded corn.
Omolene Senior Action (Purina)
ExerciseExercise
PerformancePerformance
Ration BalancerRation Balancer
SeniorSenior
Omolene Senior Action is a complete textured feed formulated for active senior horses. It provides 14% protein, which may support muscle tone in senior horses that are not receiving enough protein from their forage.
Omolene Sport Plus (Purina)
Complete FeedComplete Feed
Competition HorsesCompetition Horses
ExerciseExercise
PerformancePerformance
Purina Omolene Sport Plus is a textured complete feed intended for horses in heavy work including racehorses. It provides 8% fat from vegetable oils and contains beet pulp as a high pectin fibre source.
Omolene® #400 Complete Advantage (Purina Mills)
Complete FeedComplete Feed
ExerciseExercise
FiberFiber
SeniorSenior
Omolene 400 Complete Advantage is a textured horse feed for active and senior horses. It contains highly digestible fibre from beet pulp and fat from vegetable oils, flax seed and rice bran.
One Scoop (Keyflow Feeds)
EnergyEnergy
FiberFiber
NutrientsNutrients
ProteinProtein
One Scoop from Keyflow Feeds is a feed that is a hybrid between a balancer and muesli style ration. It is intended to be fed at low feeding rates with high digestibility.
Opti-GROW Foalstarter (Havens Horsefeed)
Caloric EnergyCaloric Energy
FoalFoal
GrowthGrowth
ProteinProtein
Opti-GROW Foalstarter by Havens Horsefeed is intended for foals up to 18 months of age. It contains 16% protein and include ingredients such as wheat, soybean meal, corn gluten feed, and whey powder.
Optima (Banks Mill Feeds)
Grain FreeGrain Free
Gut HealthGut Health
Metabolic SyndromeMetabolic Syndrome
Omega 3-6-9Omega 3-6-9
Optima-LA from Banks Mill is a low starch pelleted feed intended for horses at all life stages. It provides energy from soybeans, wheat middlings, alfalfa meal, beet pulp, dried molasses, flax, and vegetable oil.
Optimize (Uckele)
FiberFiber
Low NSC FeedsLow NSC Feeds
MetabolismMetabolism
NutrientsNutrients
Optimize is a pelleted ration balancer with a feeding rate of 1-2 lbs per day. It is formulated for horses needing a low starch and sugar diet, such as horses with metabolic disorders. The NSC content in this ration balancer is 7.8%
Optimum EQ Bars (BioStar)
AntioxidantAntioxidant
IngredientIngredient
NutritionNutrition
ProteinProtein
Optimum EQ bars are a whole food supplement for horses containing spirulina, oat bran, chia seeds, coconut oil, and other organic ingredients meant to supply nutrients and minerals to the equine diet.
Optimus Equine Feed (Equus Optimus)
HealthHealth
Mineral BalanceMineral Balance
NutrientsNutrients
VitaminsVitamins
Optimus Equine Feed by Equus Optimus is a complete feed containing Figuerola EquineSaver. It is intended to support overall health in all horse types.
Organic Fusion (Thunderbrook)
Easy KeeperEasy Keeper
FiberFiber
HealthHealth
NutritionNutrition
Organic Fusion from Thunderbrook is a high-fibre feed. This feed is intended for horses in low to moderate work. Organic Fusion contains 17% crude protein and 18.5% crude fibre.
Organic Ground Flaxseeds (Getty Equine Nutrition)
Coat QualityCoat Quality
FatFat
Omega 3-6-9Omega 3-6-9
Weight IssuesWeight Issues
Organic Ground Flaxseeds by Getty Equine Nutrition is a textured supplement that provides protein, energy, dietary fibre and omega-3 fatty acids for coat health and weight gain.
Original Feed Balancer (Blue Chip Feed)
Mineral BalanceMineral Balance
Ration BalancerRation Balancer
VitaminsVitamins
YeastYeast
Original Feed Balancer from Blue Chip Feed is a pelleted ration balancer intended for all horses and ponies at any work level. This balancer is designed to support digestive, hoof, skin, coat, and respiratory health.
Orphan Foal Supplement (Dunstan)
FoalFoal
GrowthGrowth
NutrientsNutrients
ProteinProtein
Orphan Foal by Dunstan is a palatable, digestible feed intended for introducing foals to solid feed. It is a blend of milk powder, vegetable proteins, cereals, vitamins and minerals. It is intended to encourage the transition from milk to solid diet.
Outshine (Baileys Horse Feeds)
Coat QualityCoat Quality
FatFat
NutritionNutrition
Omega 3-6-9Omega 3-6-9
Outshine by Baileys Horse Feeds improves coat quality and supports horses who need slow-release calories for weight gain. This supplement contains Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids.
Pasture Plus (Dunstan)
BroodmareBroodmare
MareMare
Mineral BalanceMineral Balance
Ration BalancerRation Balancer
Pasture Plus by Dunstan is an extruded mineralized nugget intended to supply the mineral requirements of pregnant mares that live on pasture. It is formulated for New Zealand Horses living under the environmental conditions found in New Zealand.
Pectigus Balancer Maintenace Diet (Hestevard)
Gut HealthGut Health
HealthHealth
Low NSC FeedsLow NSC Feeds
ProbioticProbiotic
Pectigus Balancer Maintenance Diet by Hestevard is a pelleted feed intended to support gut function and overall health in all horses and ponies.
Pelleted Hoof Supplement (American Farrier’s Association)
FlavorFlavor
Hoof HealthHoof Health
Mineral BalanceMineral Balance
VitaminsVitamins
This pelleted hoof supplement is meant to be palatable and functional for any horse or pony. It contains a variety of minerals and vitamins which aims to support strong, healthy hooves.
Perfect Balance (Keyflow Feeds)
Easy KeeperEasy Keeper
ForageForage
IngredientIngredient
Low NSC FeedsLow NSC Feeds
Perfect Balance is designed for horses on forage-based diets. Perfect Balance is low NSC and can be fed to horses with a low energy requirement.
Perfectly Senior Horse Summer Pellet (Kruse’s Perfection Brand)
FiberFiber
GrainsGrains
JointsJoints
SeniorSenior
Perfectly Senior Horse Summer Pellet by Kruse's Perfection Brand is a pelleted feed that is intended to be fed to senior maintenance, performance, and breeding horses. This feed is meant to be fed as a complete feed or supplemented with hay or pasture equivalent.
Perfectly Senior Horse Winter Pellet (Kruse’s Perfection Brand)
BroodmareBroodmare
Complete FeedComplete Feed
PerformancePerformance
SeniorSenior
Perfectly Senior Horse Winter Pellet by Kruse's Perfection Brand is a feed that intends to be fed to senior maintenance, performance, and breeding horses either as a complete feed or supplemented with hay or pasture equivalent.
Perfo EXT (Sollio Agriculture)
Competition HorsesCompetition Horses
HealthHealth
NutritionNutrition
Weight IssuesWeight Issues
Perfo EXT is a high-calorie extruded feed. This feed is intended for performance horses or horses who require additional calories.
Perfomix (Cavalor)
Complete FeedComplete Feed
Mineral BalanceMineral Balance
ProteinProtein
VitaminsVitamins
Cavalor Perfomix is a complete textured feed intended for active recreational and competition horses. It provides 11.5% protein and 4% fat from ingredients such as oats, wheat middlings, barley and soy hulls.
Perform & Shine (Simple System Horse Feeds)
FiberFiber
ForageForage
IngredientIngredient
NutritionNutrition
Perform & Shine is a grass-based feed with added cold-pressed linseed oil. It is a highly digestible feed which encourages chewing and saliva production in horses.
Perform Gold (Triple Crown)
Caloric EnergyCaloric Energy
Competition HorsesCompetition Horses
FatFat
FiberFiber
Perform Gold is a high energy density pelleted feed designed for performance horses. It provides 12.5% protein, 12% fat and 15.3% NSC, and contains a mixture of organic and inorganic minerals.
Perform Safe (Seminole)
Complete FeedComplete Feed
EnergyEnergy
Low NSC FeedsLow NSC Feeds
PerformancePerformance
Perform Safe™ is a low-starch, high-fat pelleted feed targeted to growing, breeding and mature performance horses. It contains 12% protein and 8% fat with energy sources such as soybean hulls, beet pulp and rice bran.
Performa 3 (Hygain)
FatFat
HealthHealth
NutritionNutrition
Omega 3-6-9Omega 3-6-9
Performa 3 from Hygain is a supplement for horses that is meant to provide fatty acids. It contains omega 3, 6, and 9.
Performance & Recovery Pellets (Equine America)
AntioxidantAntioxidant
JointsJoints
MuscleMuscle
RecoveryRecovery
Performance and Recovery Pellets from Equine America is a supplement intended to assist with joint and muscle health and recovery. It is meant to reduce inflammation associated with training and contains antioxidants.
Performance 14 (Havens Horsefeed)
Caloric EnergyCaloric Energy
ExerciseExercise
MuscleMuscle
PerformancePerformance
Havens Performance 14 is a high-energy feed for equine athletes. This feed contains banana flakes and extra electrolytes to maintain fluid balance, muscle contraction, and neural activity. It has 14% crude protein and 31% NSC with ingredients such as wheat, alfalfa meal, and oats.
Performance Advantage (Tribute Equine)
EnergyEnergy
FatFat
FoalFoal
PerformancePerformance
Tribute Performance Advantage® is a grain-based, textured feed formulated to meet the higher energy requirements of performance horses. It provides 8% fat and 31% NSC.
Performance Concentrate Muesli (Dodson & Horrell)
Hoof HealthHoof Health
Mineral BalanceMineral Balance
Ration BalancerRation Balancer
VitaminsVitamins
Performance Concentrate Muesli by Dodson & Horrell is a high protein feed with a concentrated amount of vitamins and minerals. This feed is to be fed with oats and offers additional antioxidants and hoof support.
Performance Cubes (TopSpec)
Caloric EnergyCaloric Energy
Competition HorsesCompetition Horses
NutritionNutrition
Weight IssuesWeight Issues
Performance Cubes is a pelleted feed intended to provide additional caloric energy to horses and ponies of all work levels. It provides 'cool' energy which makes it ideal for hot horses.
Performance Lite Feed Balancer (TopSpec)
Competition HorsesCompetition Horses
Easy KeeperEasy Keeper
PerformancePerformance
Ration BalancerRation Balancer
Performance Lite Feed Balancer from TopSpec is ideal for easy keepers competing or in heavy work. This ration balancer supports bone strength, hoof health, and skin and coat quality.
Performance Pelleted (Woody’s Horse Nutrition)
Competition HorsesCompetition Horses
FatFat
PerformancePerformance
ProteinProtein
Woody’s Performance Pelleted is a complete pelleted feed with higher energy density for working horses. It is formulated with beet pulp, alfalfa meal and oats, and contains 14% protein and 8% fat.
Performance Senior (Daily Dose Equine)
FatFat
FiberFiber
PerformancePerformance
SeniorSenior
Performance Senior by Daily Dose Equine is a textured feed that provides a high-calorie diet with 15% fat that is ideal for senior horses with dental issues or hard keepers.
Performance Textured (ProElite)
Complete FeedComplete Feed
Competition HorsesCompetition Horses
PerformancePerformance
StaminaStamina
ProElite Performance Horse Feed is a textured feed intended for mature show and performance horses. It provides 12% fat and 18.3% NSC with energy sources including beet pulp, whole oats, wheat middlings, soybean hulls, and cane molasses.
Performance Textured (Woody’s Horse Nutrition)
Caloric EnergyCaloric Energy
Competition HorsesCompetition Horses
FatFat
ProteinProtein
Woody’s Performance Textured is a complete textured feed for exercising and performance horses. It provides 14% protein and 10% fat and is composed of oats, beet pulp, molasses and vegetable oil.
Performance XL (Manna Pro)
Competition HorsesCompetition Horses
NutritionNutrition
PerformancePerformance
ProteinProtein
Performance XL from Manna Pro is a complete feed designed for equine athletes with higher energy demands. It contains Calf-Manna® as a source of protein and Max-E Glo® Stabilized Rice Bran as a source of energy from fat. Performance XL is 12% crude protein, 8% crude fat, and 8% crude fibre.
Performance+ Balancer (Dengie)
Competition HorsesCompetition Horses
EnergyEnergy
Ration BalancerRation Balancer
Weight IssuesWeight Issues
Performance + Balancer is a pelleted feed intended for horses and ponies in work or horses that have higher nutritional requirements. It provides additional energy and protein to help support good condition and health.
Phase I – Pelleted (Brooks)
EnergyEnergy
FoalFoal
GrowthGrowth
NutritionNutrition
Phase I - Pelleted is intended for growing horses. Phase I is intended to promote and support growth. This feed contains barley and corn.
Phase I – Textured (Brooks)
FoalFoal
GrowthGrowth
HealthHealth
NutritionNutrition
Phase I is a textured feed intended for growing horses. This feed is intended to support growth and contains oats and soybean meal.
Phase II (Brooks Feeds)
BroodmareBroodmare
FoalFoal
GrowthGrowth
LactationLactation
Brooks Feeds Phase II is a horse feed intended for broodmares and yearlings. It is formulated with higher protein content to support growth and development.
Phase III Elite – Textured (Brooks Feeds)
Complete FeedComplete Feed
Competition HorsesCompetition Horses
ExerciseExercise
PerformancePerformance
Brooks Phase III Elite - Textured is formulated for performance horses with higher energy needs. It provides a higher fat content from stabilized flax, rice bran, and soy oil. It is also available in a pelleted form.
Photo Finish (Brooks Feeds)
EnergyEnergy
PrebioticPrebiotic
ProbioticProbiotic
StaminaStamina
Photo Finish from Brooks Feeds is a textured feed that contains fibre and fat. It is a source of energy and supports stamina for speed and power. This feed also includes pre and probiotics.
Pianissimo (Cavalor)
Complete FeedComplete Feed
Easy KeeperEasy Keeper
Metabolic SyndromeMetabolic Syndrome
Ration BalancerRation Balancer
Pianissimo by Cavalor is formulated to be a lower energy feed with lower protein levels and no added oats. This feed is targeted to hot horses to reduce stress.
Pink Mash (Keyflow Feeds)
Gut HealthGut Health
NutritionNutrition
PrebioticPrebiotic
ProbioticProbiotic
Pink Mash from Keyflow Feeds is a soaked fibre feed designed to support hindgut microbiome health. Pink Mash is highly palatable and suitable for horses at risk of gastric upset.
Pink Mash Condition (Keyflow Feeds)
HindgutHindgut
Low NSC FeedsLow NSC Feeds
PrebioticPrebiotic
ProbioticProbiotic
Pink Mash Condition by Keyflow Feeds is a mash intended to support hindgut health and body condition. It contains prebiotics, probiotics, and low starch and sugar.
Platinum Performance® Equine Wellness and Performance Formula
EnergyEnergy
FatFat
JointsJoints
Omega 3-6-9Omega 3-6-9
Platinum Performance® Equine Wellness and Performance Formula is a nutritional supplement containing ground flaxseed, stabilized rice bran, montmorillonite (bentonite) clay and a range of vitamins and minerals.
Pleasure Sweet (Buckeye)
Complete FeedComplete Feed
DigestionDigestion
NutritionNutrition
SeniorSenior
Pleasure Sweet is a multi-particle sweet feed with added molasses to improve palatability. This feed supports digestibility and is intended for mature maintenance or lightly worked horses.
Podium Cool Energy – Pellet (Masterfeeds)
Complete FeedComplete Feed
Competition HorsesCompetition Horses
PerformancePerformance
UlcersUlcers
Podium Cool Energy is a controlled NSC performance feed that utilizes energy from carbohydrates and moderate levels of fat and protein. It is targeted at standardbred racehorses, eventers, and other equine athletes.

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