Winter Companion replenishes essential nutrients most often deficient in the diets of horses during winter. While virtually all B complex vitamins are produced in substantial quantities by beneficial microbes in the cecum and large colon, very little folic acid is supplied by microbial synthesis. Therefore, horses depend on dietary supplies for virtually all of their folic acid needs. Folic acid is a methyl donor, and like most methyl donors it is an unstable nutrient that is easily oxidized by exposure to air or heat. Folic acid levels in fresh forage are approximately three times that of hay.
Grains are even poorer sources of folate than hays.
Horses restricted to grain and hay diets have much lower serum folate levels than horses that have access to fresh forage. 1 References 1. Nutrient Requirements of Horses, Fifth Revised Edition. Features significantly higher levels of the antioxidants selenium, vitamin C, and vitamin E than regular Accel . It's our best formula yet for truly magnificent overall nutrition and condition.