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Karen -- some beet pulp is higher in molasses than Equine Senior (which has 
6 to 7%).  This is as far as I got on my 
chart:  http://members.tripod.com/ridephotos/molasses.html    I would like 
to finish filling in the missing values if anybody out there feeds these 
feeds and can request that information for me.  I've tried to no avail so far.

The big problem that I personally found with beet pulp is that even if you 
have a bag that is 5 to 9% molasses (or over 14%), you are often feeding it 
in higher quantities or on a more regular basis than some other feeds that 
may contain a higher molasses so if you aren't careful you'll end up with a 
horse on a sugar high.   What is most annoying is that Farmer's Feed, who 
is my local supplier for beet pulp (except not anymore <G>), provides bags 
that they have told me may contain 12+% molasses, but on the label and the 
bag both there is NO word "molasses" anywhere.  Just plain beet pulp, 
that's it.  Since I'd been feeding my horses BP w/ molasses (regardless of 
what their label said) and have now got some that is a lower % of molasses 
from a manufacturer in Southern California, I can certainly tell by doing a 
taste test with the horses -- it's clear to them which one has the most 
sugar because that is the one they eat and the other stuff they give me 
'the look' (the you've got to be kidding me look, if you want me to eat 
that you've gotta put something else in it).

Karen
in NV

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