UNBEETABLE FEEDS

Per Unbeetable Feeds, beet pulp is a high-fiber, high-energy feed that works for any horse — not just the seniors and hard keepers most owners associate it with. The energy is clean and slow-burning rather than "hot" — so it can replace corn or grain-based feeds without spiking the horse. Soaked beet pulp also delivers extra hydration while acting as an ulcer preventative, and can cut your hay bill. Useful for everything from colts to seniors to performance horses.

The Forage Only Blend is becoming an industry favorite. The recipe is short: 2/3 alfalfa, 1/3 beet pulp, plus 2% flaxseed oil. No grain. Per Unbeetable: forage only with high energy and low sugar (no more than 6% NSC), easily-digestible fermentable fiber, Omega-3 from the flaxseed oil for cool-burning fuel and gastric/skin/coat support. The pellet is unusually small — 11/64" in diameter — which makes it easier to chew than standard equine pellets. Soaking is not required for most horses, which reduces choke risk while keeping prep simple.

Per Unbeetable, beet pulp is a prebiotic — the fiber that the friendly probiotic bacteria in the hindgut feed on. Without prebiotic fiber, those bacterial populations can't stay healthy. Because beet pulp is a slower-burning energy source than commercial grains, hindgut microbes can convert the fiber to volatile fatty acids (VFAs) efficiently — and the horse absorbs and uses those VFAs as energy. The result: clean energy without the gut disruption that comes from sudden grain-driven fermentation.

Both are pure beet pulp products — the fibrous material that's left after sugar extraction. Beet Pulp Pellets are mechanically pressed and dried, then pelletized to 5/16" (8 mm) diameter. Sold in bulk or 50-pound bags. Soaking recommended. Beet Pulp Shreds are dried fibrous flakes (~9% water content) — low-cost, highly digestible, less dusty than hay, and palatable. Sold in 30-pound bags. Soaking highly recommended. Beet Pulp Shreds with Molasses is the same shred with molasses added for finicky, active, or older horses, also in 30-pound bags. Forage Only does not require soaking; pellets and shreds do (per Unbeetable's choke-risk recommendation).

Yes — Forage Only is unfortified, so it's short some essential vitamins and minerals on its own. Unbeetable recommends adding your favorite ration balancer or multi-vitamin to make Forage Only a complete feed. With the balancer in place, Unbeetable's own Forage Only often reduces a horse's other hay/forage needs.

Unbeetable Forage Only is sold across major U.S. feed-store chains: Tractor Supply, Bomgaars, Runnings, Atwoods, Murdoch's, North 40, Big R, Cal-Ranch, Coastal, and many others. The store locator on unbeetablefeeds.com will find your nearest retailer. The product is also on Chewy. Prices are set at retail, so check the carrier near you.

Ann Pruitt, Director of InfoHorse.com: "I have a mare that is insulin resistant and has to have a VERY low NSC. I loved the fact that Forage Only was OFF THE CHARTS LOW in SUGAR (lowest I could ever find!). I also loved that it had Alfalfa and Flax Oil... My mare loved it. I am on my way to pick up 4 more bags right now. This is a keeper for me." One owner cut their feed program from four bags down to two by switching to Forage Only — replacing alfalfa pellets, beet pulp, and Renew Gold with the single product. Another owner with a barrel-horse daughter saw chronic-ulcer weight loss reverse on beet pulp — "We no longer travel with Ulcergard." A third owner brought a tooth-and-sinus-infection rescue back from severe weight loss with soaked beet pulp in 9 days, then bought a full pallet for the rest of the herd.