Pavo RiceBran does indeed have a high starch content. However, the starch in Pavo RiceBran does not come from grains and is therefore more gradually digested by the horse. Moreover, you feed Pavo RiceBran as a topping in only small quantities per meal. This means that the intake of starch per meal is small. The total amount of sugar and starch per meal is more important than the total sugar and starch content of a product. For these reasons, Pavo RiceBran is even suitable for feeding to horses with metabolic disorders such as PPID, PSSM, laminitis.