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Healthy Tummy

A nutritionally-balanced, pure alfalfa, high-fibre feed containing high specification ingredients to promote digestive health.

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Key Features

Healthy Tummy is a nutritionally-balanced, pure alfalfa, high-fibre feed containing high specification ingredients to promote digestive health.

  • A blend of chopped and pelleted alfalfa with a rapeseed oil coating providing 11.5MJ/kg of Digestible Energy from fibre and oil
  • Alfalfa is a widely recognised ingredient for promoting digestive health due to its natural buffering properties
  • Approved by BETA for horses and ponies prone to Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome
  • No added sugar and naturally low in starch at just 2%
  • Healthy Tummy contains ADM Protexin In-Feed Formula, which supplies prebiotics to promote a healthy microbial population that is vital for fibre digestion and gut health
  • A high specification of vitamins and minerals, including B vitamins. Additional magnesium and calcium are included to help maintain optimal digestive health
  • Increased levels of key trace minerals that are most likely to be deficient in forage
  • Introducing chelated or organic forms of key trace minerals selenium, copper and zinc
  • Organic minerals are more bio-available to the horse
  • Healthy Tummy provides more chew time than ‘ulcer’ mixes or cubes which generates more saliva; the horse’s natural defence against acidity
  • Contains a unique blend of tasty herbs – oregano, cinnamon, ginger, rosemary and thyme – to tempt fussy horses
  • Healthy Tummy is rich in highly digestible fibre and packed with natural vitamins and minerals
  • Free from molasses, preservatives and straw
  • The alfalfa is precision-dried to lock in natural nutrients and produce an exceptionally clean source of fibre compared to sun-dried forages.

Visit our feed advice pages for additional feeding advice for horses and ponies prone to EGUS.

Ingredients & Nutritional Information

Typical analysis (%) ‘as fed’

Digestible Energy 11.5MJ/kg
Protein 14
Oil 8.5
Ash (Mineral) 9.5
Fibre 27
Copper 20mg/kg
Selenium 0.3mg/kg
Zinc 75mg/kg
Biotin 6mg/kg
Naturally Occurring Sugar 4.5
Starch 2
Healthy Tummy Product

Ingredients

Alfalfa, alfalfa pellets, rapeseed oil, vitamin and mineral premix, ADM Protexin In-Feed formula, yeast and prebiotics, herbs (oregano, cinnamon, ginger, rosemary and thyme)

The visual appearance of the actual product may vary due to environmental conditions during growth and time of harvest.

Healthy Tummy comes in a 20kg bale.

Feeding Guidelines

How much to feed?

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Small Pony (eg: Welsh Pony, Exmoor)

Size Guide (hh)

9–13

Approx Weight (kg)

200

Healthy Tummy (kg/day)*

1

Stubbs Scoops (per day)

2

Large Pony (eg: Fell)

Size Guide (hh)

13.1–14.2

Approx Weight (kg)

300

Healthy Tummy (kg/day)*

1.5

Stubbs Scoops (per day)

3

Small Horse (eg: Arab)

Size Guide (hh)

14.3–15.2

Approx Weight (kg)

400

Healthy Tummy (kg/day)*

2

Stubbs Scoops (per day)

4

Medium Horse (eg: Thoroughbred)

Size Guide (hh)

15.3–16.2

Approx Weight (kg)

500

Healthy Tummy (kg/day)*

2.5

Stubbs Scoops (per day)

5

Large Horse (eg: Warmblood)

Size Guide (hh)

Over 16.2

Approx Weight (kg)

600

Healthy Tummy (kg/day)*

3

Stubbs Scoops (per day)

6

The feeding rate for Healthy Tummy is 500g per 100kg of bodyweight when using as a complete feed.
*If using as the sole feed alongside forage.

How to feed Healthy Tummy

For horses at rest or in light work:

Healthy Tummy is a nutritionally balanced feed containing all the vitamins and minerals your horse or pony needs. There is no need to add any mix, cubes or supplements as long as you are feeding the recommended levels.

For horses in moderate and hard work:

Feeding a high fibre diet is essential should your horse be suffering or have had ulcers in the past. Healthy Tummy can be fed alongside Dengie Alfa-Beet to increase energy intake to meet the requirements of harder work. Healthy Tummy can also be fed alongside mixes and cubes to help counteract the effects of using cereal based feeds.

Case Studies

Underweight rescue mare now in perfect condition

When Jess first got her rescue mare Robin she was concerned with how underweight she was. Jess contacted the Dengie Feedline for advice where Equine Nutritionist Tracey Hammond suggested Dengie Healthy Tummy for Robin.

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Ex-racehorse prone to fizzy behaviour

King was being fed a high starch mix, which made him very sharp and tricky to sit on. The Dengie Nutrition team suggested Healthy Tummy as it a slow energy feed that was low starch and sugar.
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Icon has gained condition, and he’s looking happy and healthy!

Icon, a 4-year-old Welsh Sec D owned by Jude Raywood was diagnosed with grade 3 ulcers in March 2023. Jude’s vet suggested changing Icon’s feed to Dengie Healthy Tummy to support his overall digestive health and as part of his on-going management. After making the changes to Icon’s ration and following the vet’s treatment plan Icon scoped clear of ulcers 4 weeks later!
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An essential necessity for his happiness and management

Healthy Tummy plays a major part in Fritz on-going management. It provides him with plenty of slow-release energy required for his workload and condition.
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A healthy tummy = a healthy and happy horse

Conner was suffering with faecal water issues that were particularly bad after being on fresh grass or if he was stabled. Gemma also believed that Conner had ulcers from the stressful upbringing he had before she bought him. It was suggested that Gemma tried Conner on Dengie Healthy Tummy which she says made a huge difference.
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Prada is a completely different horse – a happy one at that

Caitlin O’Kane shares with us her horse’s story and transformation – from being diagnosed with grade 4 ulcers to a happy, healthy horse.
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I wouldn’t feed anything else

Healthy Tummy provides everything Lewi needs to support his recovery from ulcers. He has never looked so well – I wouldn’t feed anything else!
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Healthy Tummy Powers Polo Ponies

Katie O’Driscoll from Ireland contacted the Dengie team to let us know the difference that Healthy Tummy has made to her polo ponies.
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Promoting Digestive Health & Condition

When Kim brought Roxy she suspected gastric ulcers and when looking at different feeds to promote digestive health and condition she decided on Healthy Tummy. Now all her horses are fed Healthy Tummy!
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Customer Reviews

Reviews

  1. Sally Moore

    My horse Cash 16.2 Thoroughbred gelding suffered terribly with ulcers. After recovering I decided to try Healthy Tummy, this has been a gamechanger & I now have a happy healthy horse again. His skin & coat is also gleaming.
    This is definitely the product he will be constantly on from now on.

  2. Mia Piper

    I have a 15.3 8 year old TB, he’s your typical stressy type who loses weight very easily. I’ve recently put him on Healthy Tummy and found massive improvements in not only his weight but also his nature, he’s much less stressy and his poo’s have really firmed up too!
    It’s a super quality feed without a super massive premium!

  3. Diana Finch

    I fed Healthy Tummy to my previous horse and it was a game changer. I now have a part bred Connemara who hated having her girth fastened, no matter how slowly it was done,and hated having her belly brushed, since putting her on Healthy Tummy she is not at all grumpy and is just much more settled in her attitude.It is truly a magical feed!

  4. Brea

    I have a large young warmblood who was struggling to hold his weight but had no signs of ulcers, I had him on all sorts of feeds but decided to move him over to Dengie Healthy tummy after speaking to a equine nutritionist, after a few weeks I’ve seen a huge improvement in his weight/topline.
    I now have our other 4 horses on Dengie feed aswell.

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