Tablets are most commonly given straight into the mouth and provide a standard dose of an ingredient that you can be sure your pet has taken. They are the most suitable medium to use when giving a medicine as the ingredients are released into the system slowly over a period of time. Powders or liquids are a better way to give food supplements because they can more easily be added into the feed and they are absorbed into the system more quickly. Sometimes ingredients have to be made into tablets because of the strong smell or taste of the herbs in them.