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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.
Senior (Triple Crown)
Complete FeedComplete Feed
FatFat
Grain FreeGrain Free
SeniorSenior
Triple Crown Senior is a grain-free, beet pulp-based, high-fat feed designed to meet the needs of older horses. It provides 17% fiber and can be fed as the sole ration for horses unable to eat forage due to dental issues.
Senior Active + (Triple Crown)
HealthHealth
NutritionNutrition
SeniorSenior
Weight IssuesWeight Issues
Senior Active + from Triple Crown is an extruded pelleted intended for older horses or hard keepers. This feed is intended for horses with metabolic issues.
Senior Balancer (Buckeye)
JointsJoints
Mineral BalanceMineral Balance
SeniorSenior
VitaminsVitamins
Buckeye SENIOR BALANCER is a pelleted ration balancer for mature horses. It provides vitamins, minerals and amino acids and contains the joint supplement MSM.
Senior Combo (DuMor)
Mineral BalanceMineral Balance
Ration BalancerRation Balancer
SeniorSenior
VitaminsVitamins
Senior Combo by DuMor is a comprehensive supplement for senior horses. Senior Combo provides joint, hoof, and digestion support with additive vitamins and minerals.
Senior Combo Multi-Function Supplement (Agrimaster)
Hoof HealthHoof Health
JointsJoints
ProbioticProbiotic
Skin + HairSkin + Hair
Senior Combo Multi-Function Supplement by Agrimaster is a powdered supplement intended to support overall health in senior horses.
Senior Feed (DuMOR)
Complete FeedComplete Feed
DentalDental
NutritionNutrition
SeniorSenior
Senior Feed by DuMOR is an easy-to-chew formulation for older horses. It contains added biotin to support hooves, 14% crude protein, 4% crude fat, and 19.5% crude fibre.
Senior Feed Balancer (TopSpec)
JointsJoints
NutritionNutrition
Ration BalancerRation Balancer
SeniorSenior
Senior Feed Balancer from TopSpec is a ration balancer intended for senior horses and ponies. This balancer contains 10g of glucosamine per day to support joint mobility.
Senior Formula (Seminole)
AntioxidantAntioxidant
Complete FeedComplete Feed
Gut HealthGut Health
SeniorSenior
Seminole Senior Formula™ is a textured feed formulated to meet the needs of senior horses. This easy-to-chew feed is beet pulp-based and contains rice bran, molasses and soybean oil for energy.
Senior GC Pelleted Feed (BUCKEYE Nutrition)-[Discontinued]
Complete FeedComplete Feed
HealthHealth
JointsJoints
SeniorSenior
Senior GC is a now-discontinued pelleted feed from Buckeye Nutrition targeted to older horses with functional teeth. Senior GC provided glucosamine, chondroitin, and MSM to support joint health.
Senior Gold (Triple Crown)
DentalDental
DigestionDigestion
FatFat
SeniorSenior
Triple Crown Senior Gold is a grain-free, beet pulp-based soft feed intended for older horses. It contains 14.5% protein, 12.5% fat and 9% NSC. Senior Gold can be mixed with water to form a mash for horses with dental issues or prone to choke.
Senior Health & Wellness (Farnam)
Gut HealthGut Health
Mineral BalanceMineral Balance
SeniorSenior
VitaminsVitamins
Farnam's Senior Health & Wellness supplement is formulated for senior horses in light work or at maintenance. Senior Health and Wellness is an extruded nugget feed containing amino acids, vitamins, and minerals for horses on a forage-only diet.
Senior Horse (Sprout)
Amino AcidAmino Acid
NutrientsNutrients
SeniorSenior
VitaminsVitamins
Senior Horse by Sprout is a pelleted maintenance feed specially formulated for senior horses. It contains added lysine and biotin.
Senior Horse Pelleted (Agrimaster)
DigestionDigestion
HealthHealth
ImmunityImmunity
SeniorSenior
Senior Horse Pelleted by Agrimaster is a pelleted feed intended to meet the nutritional requirements of senior horses.
Senior Horse Rations (Jones Horse Feeds)
Complete FeedComplete Feed
FatFat
Gut HealthGut Health
SeniorSenior
Jones Senior Horse Pellet is a complete feed designed with a high fat content (10%) from rice bran. It also contains elevated levels of protein, vitamins and minerals to support mature horses.
Senior Lite Feed Balancer (TopSpec)
JointsJoints
NutrientsNutrients
Ration BalancerRation Balancer
SeniorSenior
Senior Lite Feed Balancer from TopSpec is ideal for senior horses prone to weight gain. This ration balancer contains glucosamine to support joint health in horses and ponies.
Senior Pellet (Advantage Edge)
Caloric EnergyCaloric Energy
DentalDental
NutrientsNutrients
SeniorSenior
Senior Pellet by Advantage Edge is a soft-pelleted feed with a high fibre and protein level designed for senior horses. It contains ingredients such as beet pulp, flaxseed, and pulse seed.
Senior Pelleted (Woody’s Horse Nutrition)
DigestionDigestion
FiberFiber
Gut HealthGut Health
SeniorSenior
Woody's Senior Pelleted is a complete pelleted grain-free feed intended for senior horses. It contains digestible fibre sources for horses that can no longer chew long-stem hay.
Senior Pellets (Ritchie Smith – Harmony)
HealthHealth
NutritionNutrition
SeniorSenior
Weight IssuesWeight Issues
Senior Pellets from Ritchie Smith's Harmony is a pelleted feed intended for senior horses. This feed is also intended for horses who are hard keepers. Senior Pellets contains 15% crude protein and crude fibre.
Senior Ration (Hoffman’s Horse Products)
Complete FeedComplete Feed
Feed EfficiencyFeed Efficiency
SeniorSenior
Weight IssuesWeight Issues
Hoffman's Senior Horse Ration is a feed designed for senior horses that need extra caloric energy to maintain weight. This feed contains 17.5% NSC with moderate fat content (5%) and high fibre content (24%).
Senior Textured (Woody’s Horse Nutrition)
Caloric EnergyCaloric Energy
FatFat
ProteinProtein
SeniorSenior
Woody’s Senior Textured is a complete textured feed formulated for senior horses. It contains 10% fat and is made with oats, beet pulp, molasses, and vegetable oil. The crude protein in this feed has added amino acids to help maintain muscle mass.
Senior Textured Feed (ProElite)
DigestionDigestion
Feed EfficiencyFeed Efficiency
PerformancePerformance
SeniorSenior
Pro Elite Senior Textured Feed is a high fat (10%) and protein (14%) senior complete feed. It is appropriate for senior horses that need help maintaining or gaining weight.
Senior Weight Accelerator (Manna Pro)
Caloric EnergyCaloric Energy
FatFat
SeniorSenior
Weight IssuesWeight Issues
Senior Weight Accelerator from Manna Pro is a high-fat supplement intended to promote weight gain. Senior Weight Accelerator contains 3% crude protein, 80% crude fat, and 5% crude fibre.
SeniorGLO (ADM Animal Nutrition)
Complete FeedComplete Feed
Feed EfficiencyFeed Efficiency
SeniorSenior
Weight IssuesWeight Issues
SeniorGLO is a concentrated feed formulated with highly digestible fiber, beet pulp, and soybean hulls. This soft pellet is designed to be easily consumed by senior horses and contains Butyric acid to support overall gut health.
Sensi-Care (Keyflow Feeds)
DigestionDigestion
FiberFiber
Low NSC FeedsLow NSC Feeds
NutrientsNutrients
Sensi-Care from Keyflow Feeds is a feed that is high in fibre and fat, and low in starch and sugar. It is meant to provide nutrients to sensitive horses and maintain a healthy digestive tract. It is meant to be palatable and non-heating.
Sensitive Mash (Krafft)
Complete FeedComplete Feed
HydrationHydration
PerformancePerformance
RecoveryRecovery
Sensitive Mash is intended to help increase a horse's water consumption. IT is designed for horses prone to colic or are afflicted by diarrhea.
Sentinel Active Senior (Blue Seal)
ExerciseExercise
FatFat
FiberFiber
SeniorSenior
Blue Seal Sentinel Active Senior is a pelleted feed formulated for active senior horses or hard-keepers. With energy sources such as wheat middlings, soybean hulls, and soybean oil, Sentinel Active Senior contains 19.7% NSC.
Sentinel Care Equine Choice Topline 30 (Blue Seal)
Easy KeeperEasy Keeper
ProteinProtein
Ration BalancerRation Balancer
ToplineTopline
Blue Seal Sentinel Care Equine Choice Topline 30 is a pelleted ration balancer with 14.7% NSC. It is formulated to provide protein, vitamins, and minerals that may be lacking in the equine diet.
Sentinel Care Omegatin (Blue Seal)
FatFat
PerformancePerformance
ProteinProtein
Ration BalancerRation Balancer
Sentinel Care Omegatin from Blue Seal is a high-fat supplement intended for horses requiring additional calories. It is a 15.7% NSC formula containing high fat ingredients such as rice bran and soybean oil.
Sentinel Grow & Excel GX (Blue Seal)
ExerciseExercise
FoalFoal
GrowthGrowth
PerformancePerformance
Sentinel Grow & Excel GX is an extruded feed for hard keepers as well as growing, breeding, and performance horses. It provides 10% crude fat, 15% fiber, and a maximum of 17% NSC.
Sentinel LifeTime (Blue Seal)
FatFat
FiberFiber
JointsJoints
PerformancePerformance
Sentinel LifeTime is an extruded feed intended for junior, adult and senior horses that require a higher caloric density. It provides 10% fat, 20% fibre and a maximum NSC of 14.5%.
Sentinel Performance LS (Blue Seal)
Caloric EnergyCaloric Energy
Complete FeedComplete Feed
PerformancePerformance
SeniorSenior
Blue Seal Sentinel® Performance LS is an extruded feed providing a maximum of 14% NSC. It is intended for horses requiring a higher calorie diet, such as equine athletes and hard keepers.
Sentinel Safe Start SS (Blue Seal)
Complete FeedComplete Feed
FoalFoal
GrowthGrowth
LactationLactation
Sentinel Safe Start SS is an extruded complete feed formulated for broodmares and growing foals. It provides higher protein content (16%) to meet the increased demands of late gestation, early lactation, and developing foals.
Sentinel Senior SR (Blue Seal)
DentalDental
Feed EfficiencyFeed Efficiency
Ration BalancerRation Balancer
SeniorSenior
Sentinel Senior SR is an extruded feed for older horses and mature easy keepers. It is formulated to provide higher feed efficiency for senior horses with gut issues or poor teeth. The addition of bioavailable marine-sourced calcium supports gastric pH and health.
Sentinel Simply Lite (Blue Seal)
Easy KeeperEasy Keeper
Gut HealthGut Health
Metabolic SyndromeMetabolic Syndrome
ProbioticProbiotic
Sentinel Simply Lite from Blue Seal is a low-calorie pelleted feed intended for adult horses. Formulated for easy keepers, Sentinel Simply Lite provides lower fat and protein content with 16.2% NSC.
Sentinel XT Grow (Blue Seal)
FiberFiber
FoalFoal
GrowthGrowth
LactationLactation
Sentinel® XT™ Grow is a textured horse feed intended for growing foals and lactating mares. It provides 10% fat and 16% protein with primary ingredients including soybean hulls, beet pulp and alfalfa meal.
Sentinel XT Pro (Blue Seal)
GrowthGrowth
NutrientsNutrients
PerformancePerformance
SeniorSenior
Sentinel XT Pro by Blue Seal is a textured feed intended for growing horses, performance horses, gestating mares, breeding horses and senior horses.
Sentinel XT Show (Blue Seal)
Caloric EnergyCaloric Energy
Competition HorsesCompetition Horses
ExerciseExercise
Weight IssuesWeight Issues
Sentinel® XT™ Show is a textured feed intended for active adult horses and competition horses with higher nutrient requirements. It provides a higher fat content (12%) and digestible fibre sources including soybean hulls, beet pulp and alfalfa meal.
SHAPE-UP (Saracen Horse Feeds)
Easy KeeperEasy Keeper
FiberFiber
Gut HealthGut Health
MetabolismMetabolism
Saracen Shape-Up is a balanced ration intended to help maintain normal body condition for easy keepers in moderate work.
Shine ‘N Win (Buckeye)
Coat QualityCoat Quality
FatFat
Omega 3-6-9Omega 3-6-9
Skin + HairSkin + Hair
Buckeye Shine 'N Win is an equine supplement formulated to support hair coat quality in show horses and horses being prepared for sale. Energy sources include ground flaxseed, soybean oil, and wheat germ meal.
Sho-Hoof (Manna Pro)
Amino AcidAmino Acid
Hoof HealthHoof Health
Mineral BalanceMineral Balance
VitaminsVitamins
Sho-Hoof by Manna Pro is an equine hoof supplement that contains biotin, copper, zinc, and amino acids. It is intended to promote healthy hooves, skin, and coat through the inclusion of omega-3 fatty acids.
Show Formula (Seminole)
Competition HorsesCompetition Horses
ExerciseExercise
FatFat
PerformancePerformance
Seminole Show Formula is a textured feed for adult show and competition horses because of it's high calorie and energy density. Show Formula contains yeast cultures, chelated minerals, and antioxidants.
Show Improver Cubes (Saracen Horse Feeds)
Competition HorsesCompetition Horses
FiberFiber
MuscleMuscle
ProteinProtein
Show Improver Cubes is a pelleted feed intended for show horses and ponies that require extra conditioning and topline. The feed contains a barely and oat-free formulation, with the inclusion of EQUI-JEWEL from Sarcan to increase calories.
Showman (ProElite)
Complete FeedComplete Feed
Low NSC FeedsLow NSC Feeds
MuscleMuscle
PerformancePerformance
ProElite by Showman is a pelleted, extruded feed intended for mature horses in moderate to intense work. It is intended to be a low glycemic feed for supporting muscle strength.
Signature Elite (Banks Mill Feeds)
Mineral BalanceMineral Balance
MuscleMuscle
PerformancePerformance
VitaminsVitamins
Banks Signature Elite is a beet pulp-based textured feed that provides high fat and fibre with probiotics. It is intended for mature horses in work.
Signature Prime (Banks Mill Feeds)
Mineral BalanceMineral Balance
NutrientsNutrients
SeniorSenior
VitaminsVitamins
Banks Signature Prime is a high-fat beet pulp-based textured feed with no corn. It is intended for senior horses as well as mature horses that need to gain weight.
Simple Balance + (Simple System Horse Feeds)
Competition HorsesCompetition Horses
EnergyEnergy
NutrientsNutrients
VitaminsVitamins
Simple Balance + is a pelleted horse feeding containing vitamins, minerals and prebiotics. It can help improve coat and hoof quality, as well as support proper digestive function in horses.
Simplify (Dove Performance Nutrition)
Mineral BalanceMineral Balance
NutrientsNutrients
PerformancePerformance
VitaminsVitamins
Simplify is a pelleted feed that is meant for any horse. It contains vitamins, minerals, protein, fat and fiber.
Simply FLAX (Manna Pro)
Coat QualityCoat Quality
FatFat
ImmunityImmunity
Omega 3-6-9Omega 3-6-9
Simply FLAX from Manna Pro is ground flaxseed which is commonly fed to horses as a source of fat. Simply FLAX is 18% crude protein, 34% crude fat, and 12% crude fibre.
SimplyComplete (Simple System Horse Feeds)
Complete FeedComplete Feed
IngredientIngredient
NutrientsNutrients
NutritionNutrition
SimplyComplete is a pelleted complete feed for horses that contains high quality forages. It is a slow-release energy feed which is meant to be fed soaked.
Sixteen Plus Mix (Dodson & Horrell)
Caloric EnergyCaloric Energy
Complete FeedComplete Feed
MuscleMuscle
SeniorSenior
Sixteen Plus Mix by Dodson & Horrell is a textured senior horse feed with higher protein levels and added vitamins and minerals for joint health and optimal absorption. This feed is also highly palatable with molasses, ricebran, and rapeseed oil ingredients.

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