Horse Feed Balancers

Horse Feed Balancers: Concentrated Nutrition Without Unnecessary Calories

A feed balancer is one of the most useful and versatile products in equine nutrition — and one that is often misunderstood. Unlike a traditional hard feed, a balancer is not designed to provide energy or bulk; it is a concentrated source of vitamins, minerals, and quality protein fed in a small daily amount to ensure that a horse's diet is nutritionally complete, regardless of what else they are eating. For horses that maintain weight easily on forage alone, a balancer provides everything they need nutritionally without the additional calories that a full hard feed would bring.

At Horseworld, we stock a range of horse feed balancers to suit different horses and dietary situations. Fed in small quantities — typically 100–500g per day depending on the product and horse size — a balancer tops up the vitamins, minerals, and amino acids that forage and pasture alone rarely provide in sufficient quantities, ensuring your horse's diet is properly balanced without overfeeding calories.

Key reasons to feed a horse feed balancer:

• Ideal for good doers — provides complete nutritional support without the additional calories of a traditional hard feed, helping maintain a healthy weight in easy keepers
• Perfect for forage-only diets — balances the nutritional gaps in a hay or haylage-based diet, ensuring horses on low or no hard feed receive all essential vitamins and minerals
• Supports veterans & older horses — provides quality protein and targeted nutrients to support muscle maintenance and overall health in horses that don't need additional energy
• Fed in small quantities — typically fed at 100–500g per day, making balancers a cost-effective and low-volume way to complete the diet
• Concentrated vitamins, minerals & protein — delivers a full complement of essential nutrients in a small daily serving without unnecessary starch, sugar, or calories

Browse our full Horse Feed Balancers range below and ensure your horse's diet is nutritionally complete, whatever their workload or calorie needs.