Why is it cost-effective to feed a forage balancer to your horse?

What is a forage balancer?

A forage balancer allows you to top up essential nutrients without adding the unnecessary calories, sugars, or starches found in some traditional mixes or cubes.

Why is a forage balancer cost-effective?

It is a highly cost-effective solution; because it is so nutrient-dense, you only need to feed a small, measured amount each day.

By providing a concentrated source of quality protein, minerals, and trace elements, you ensure your horse has everything they need for healthy hoof growth, coat shine, and to support their internal system.

Importantly, for horses prone to weight gain, a forage balancer allows you to avoid adding unnecessary calories while topping up the essentials. It’s targeted, it’s effective, and it costs less than your average cup of coffee each day.

For these "good doers", who require no other bucket feed, pelleted balancers can be the most economical choice, as you can simply add a little water and feed them as they are.

Which Simple System Balancers are the most economical?

Total Eclipse is the most economical choice for horses who are already receiving a bucket feed of a soaked forage pellet, chopped forage - or both. It costs just £0.57 per day, when feeding an average 500kg horse at the recommended rate and when choosing the larger 15kg bag - which will last an impressive 120 days.

By comparison, the pelleted version - Simple Balance + - can be more cost-effective way to top up minerals, protein and trace elements, for horses who are only hay and grazing.

Our most requested cost-comparisons can be seen below.

Why choose a Simple System forage balancer?

At Simple System, we only use natural, functional ingredients in our range of forage balancers, and we don't use any fillers such as oat feed, wheat feed, or straw. In fact, we don't use any cereals or cereal by-products at all. We also avoid the use of flavourings, such as molasses, and other waste, by-, or co-products. When you choose a forage balancer from Simple System, every penny spent provides functional nutrition.