Speedi-Beet Quick Soaking Beet Flakes > Reviews

Advantages: Quick to prepare.
Disadvantages: More expensive than sugar beet (alternative).

Winter is fast approaching, a time where horses need more looking after and require more feed to maintain their weight and their energy levels. It is also a time which, as well as needing more time, a horse will also cost more to look after. Whilst there are certain horses, especially native ponies and those not in work, that do not require much hard feed, as long as they have good grazing and hay or haylage, I will be refering to those that do, which ... Read review

Advantages: rapid soaking-ready in 10 mins! low sugar, high fibre!
Disadvantages: none that i have found so far

Since one of my horses cam down with laminitis this summer i have had to re-think there feeding. Before i had always used the traditional beet pulps that were molassed and required soaking for 24 hours before it can be fed to horses, but since this is a molassed feed it isnt suitable for my laminatic horse. Speedibeet is an unmolassed beet pulp which is 95% sugar free and is ready in 10 minutes if soaked with cold water or 5 minutes if soaked in ... Read review

Advantages: Only takes 10 minutes to soak plus no molasses added
Disadvantages: Costs almost twice as much as regular molasses beet

Speedi-beet is sugar beet pulp that is prepared as small flakes, without added molasses, which only need to be soaked for ten minutes before feeding. Yes, it really is ready in ten minutes! This saves considerable time for busy horse owners and is ideal for both large yards and the one horse owner as it avoids preparation the night before. No last minute panics in the morning and less risk of contamination from whatever is around during the night. ... Read review