Anyone feed omolene 200??

I mix it half and half with Equine Senior for a 27 year old.  I think it's great feed although very expensive.

It's 40% NSC. Pure sugar. Won't touch it. 

Ditto!!! Agreed about not feeding this feed.

And what is NSC an acronym for?

And what is NSC an acronym for?

Non structural carbohydrates

40% is an insane level.  I have a friend that feeds this, she says its literally the only thing the horse will eat... I'd just feed hay and alfalfa before feeding this stuff personally.... 

Non Structural Carbohydrates 

I thought non structural carbohydrates are products of photosynthesis the plant makes for its own metabolism?  Like glucose, fructose etc. 

Which products do you feel are the NSC? 

You can google NSC values of pretty much any feed, but anything below 20 is usually an acceptable level. SOme of the low carb and starch feeds are below 15 even. 40 is pretty much pure sugar. 

Great point! I have always fed whole oats and added beet pulp or rice bran if needed to a diet... there was a promotional on Omelene 200 and I was thinking about it for my 4 year old, but I really prefer the simplier feed program! 

It can easily be made more bland by adding rolled or steamed oats.  Amazing that so many people feed it.

While I can google, I will say all carbs are composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.  Glucose and fructose are simple sugars.  They're five carbon ring and are called monosaccharides.  Whereas sucrose - table sugar is a disaccharide where glucose and fructose bonded together.  Cellulose - in a plant cell walls is a complex carb and is called a starch. 

Which is what I asked - which feed ingredient do you feel is a NSC? 

Whole oats have a NSC of 45-50%.  And can be higher.  But low sugar then the other two ingredients you listed.  So, is it a wash? 

And don't forget there is the type of sugar in fruit and the type of sugar in the snickers bar. Most health professionals will tell you the fruit sugar is better than the processed candy bar variety. Oats are more the fruit type. Omelene is a bag of Candy bars. 

Certainly keeps my old TB healthy, happy and eager for his feed.

We top our Purina Senior Active with it. 

We call it Dessert! LOL  Guess with good reason.  

Used to.

Switched to Outlast and Ultium gastric last year and haven't looked back.

My horses are doing so amazing on the gastric care!!! Its hard to get in CA so i have to order it from TX. LOL

I'm feeding Brother Dave a mixture half and half of rolled oats and Nutrena senior. I bought a bag of omolene 200 and mixed it half and half with the rolled oats this time. Dave loves it and it smells great. But I may go back to the Nutrena senior because I do agree that too much sugar is bad. But I figured since I am mixing it... I'm cutting it down some.

I use to feed Omolene feed 20 plus years ago but I have learned alot since then about feeds and when Bluebonnet came into my life I never looked back, LOL. Omolene is a pretty feed but just way to much sugar for my liking and when you have horses with issues like IR, or cushings, EMS your asking for trouble feeding this rich feed.