ESSENTIALAMINOS for horses | Muscle, Topline & Recovery Support ☀️JUNE SALE - 20%-OFF
Fuel your horse’s cellular energy and muscle resilience with EssentialAminos - a complete spectrum of the nine essential amino acids that the body can’t make on its own.
" Has really helped one of our ponies with joint and muscle issues." Maria F.
Some horses eat perfectly well, hold their weight beautifully, yet still struggle to build muscle.
When horses struggle to hold condition or muscle, owners often focus on calories first. But sometimes the missing piece isn't more energy - it's the building blocks needed to actually use that energy.
That's where EssentialAminos comes in. If your horse is struggling to build or maintain muscle, dropping condition, or needing extra support through work or recovery, EssentialAminos is an ideal place to start.
It provides a complete spectrum of the nine essential amino acids - the building blocks the body relies on for muscle development, repair, and everyday function, but can’t produce on its own. It’s a simple, clean way to support strength, topline, and recovery - without adding unnecessary fillers or complications to the diet.
Especially beneficial for older horses, those coming back into work, horses on restricted or lower-protein forage, or any situation where muscle tone and condition aren’t quite where they should be.
Overview
Proteins are involved in almost every aspect of equine health, from muscle maintenance and tissue repair to enzyme production, immune function, and everyday cellular activity.
Essential amino acids are the building blocks the horse cannot manufacture for itself and must obtain from the diet.
While good-quality forage remains the foundation of the equine diet, there are times when additional amino acid support can be beneficial - particularly during growth, training, rehabilitation, recovery, ageing, or whenever maintaining topline and condition becomes more challenging.
EssentialAminos helps ensure the body has access to the raw materials it relies upon every day.
How EssentialAminos fits into your horse's support plan
EssentialAminos are a good fit when your horse has enough calories on board, but still isn't quite building, maintaining, or recovering as well as you'd expect.
✔ Your horse struggles to develop or maintain topline
✔ Muscle tone seems slow to improve despite good feeding
✔ They're coming back into work after time off
✔ Recovery feels slower than it used to
✔ They're an older horse finding it harder to hold condition
✔ They're on lower-protein forage or a restricted diet
✔ You've addressed the calories but something still feels missing
For many horses, EssentialAminos become a foundational nutritional tool that sits underneath a wide variety of support plans – helping support muscle tone, condition, recovery, and healthy tissue maintenance.
From there, support can be adapted depending on what you're seeing.
- Supporting specific systems
- JointReflexa – where additional support for connective tissue, cartilage, and long-term structural resilience is needed.
- PSSMFlex – where muscle metabolism, stiffness, or tying-up patterns are part of the picture.
- GutAminos – where the focus shifts from muscle tissue to supporting the digestive tract and gut lining.
- Supporting recovery and condition
- Particularly useful alongside rehabilitation programmes, horses returning to work, older horses, or those rebuilding topline and muscle after illness, injury, or time off.
EssentialAminos can be fed on their own, but often work best as part of a wider programme where additional structural, metabolic, or digestive support is required.
- Foundation support
Protein can only be utilised effectively when the wider nutritional foundations are in place. Supporting your horse's baseline nutrition with a forage-based mineral blend such as VitaComplete or EquiVita helps create the conditions for muscle development, tissue repair, and efficient energy metabolism.
*If you're not already feeding a mineral balancer, try one of our 1Kg trial bags.
In summary
Use EssentialAminos when your horse needs more building blocks for muscle, condition, recovery, or repair. Layer more targeted support around it depending on which tissues or systems need additional attention.
Composition & feed guide
EssentialAminos is a nutritional, functional food supplement and not veterinary medicine. For more on this see Dr Kellon's article - Nutrition is not 'Alternative' Therapy .
Composition
100% Complete spectrum of 9 Essential Amino Acids: Leucine, Isoleucine, Valine, Lysine, Phenylalanine, Tryptophan, Threonine, Methionine and Histidine
Active ingredients per 15g:
| Phenylalanine | 1.7g |
| Histidine | 0.8g |
| Threonine | 1.5g |
| Isoleucine | 0.9g |
| Leucine | 5.3g |
| Lysine | 2.1g |
| Tryptophan | 0.2g |
| Methionine | 0.5g |
| Valine | 2.3g |
Feed Guide
- Maintenance: 5g/100kg bodyweight per day, i.e. 25g for a 500kg horse. This can be increased to 20g/100kg bodyweight if necessary.
- 1 x level 15ml scoop = 10g
Footnotes
- Human Grade.
- UK certificate of analysis available on request.
- Eco Note: Our packaging is recyclable and refillable.
- Storage Tip: Store away from direct heat and moisture to preserve stability of the amino acid compound.
Energetic architecture - the synergy behind the nutrient
Energetic Architecture explains how nutrients are structured to support the body in a purposeful and balanced way.
EssentialAminos is built around a simple principle - providing the complete spectrum of amino acids the horse cannot manufacture itself.
Rather than focusing on a single amino acid, the blend delivers all nine essential amino acids together, reflecting how proteins are naturally built within the body.
Think of it as providing the bricks rather than the fuel.
Functional intent
EssentialAminos is designed to support:
- Muscle maintenance and recovery
- Topline and condition
- Tissue repair and renewal
- Healthy ageing and vitality
- Everyday protein-dependent cellular function
The goal is to provide the building blocks the body needs to make use of that energy effectively.
Functional categories – nutritional support in action
- Muscle Development & Maintenance - Leucine, Isoleucine, Valine, Lysine
- Supporting muscle protein synthesis, muscle maintenance, and healthy topline development. - Tissue Repair & Recovery - T
hreonine, Methionine, Histidine
- Providing key amino acids involved in tissue renewal, recovery, and structural maintenance. - Cellular Function & Protein Synthesis - Complete Essential Amino Acid Spectrum
- Supporting the production of enzymes, hormones, proteins, and the countless cellular processes that depend upon adequate amino acid availability. - Condition & Metabolic Resilience -
Complete Essential Amino Acid Spectrum
- Helping ensure the body has access to the raw materials needed to maintain muscle, condition, and normal physiological function during work, ageing, recovery, or nutritional challenge.
Big picture
Before the body can build, repair, or maintain tissue, it needs access to the right raw materials.
EssentialAminos provides the complete spectrum of essential amino acids the horse cannot manufacture for itself, helping support muscle, condition, recovery, and everyday cellular function.
Put simply, if calories are the fuel, amino acids are the bricks.
Clinical considerations
Advisories
- Designed for daily use and particularly useful during periods of growth, training, rehabilitation, recovery, ageing, or when maintaining topline and condition is a priority.
- For best results, feed consistently as part of a balanced forage-based diet.
Contraindications
- Seek veterinary advice before introducing any new supplement to horses with significant metabolic, renal, or hepatic disease, or those receiving veterinary treatment.
FAQs
What are essential amino acids?
Essential amino acids are the amino acids that a horse cannot manufacture for itself and must obtain from the diet.
They are used throughout the body for building and maintaining muscle, supporting tissue repair, producing enzymes and hormones, and countless everyday cellular functions.
My horse is maintaining weight but still lacks topline. Could EssentialAminos help?
Possibly. Many horses consume enough calories to maintain bodyweight but may still struggle to build or maintain muscle if the diet doesn't provide enough of the amino acid building blocks needed for tissue development.
This is particularly common in older horses, those returning to work, or horses on lower-protein forage.
Will EssentialAminos make my horse gain weight?
Not directly. EssentialAminos provides the building blocks needed for muscle development and tissue maintenance rather than significant calories.
Many owners notice improvements in topline, muscle tone, and overall condition, but it is not designed as a weight-gain supplement.
How long should I feed EssentialAminos?
EssentialAminos can be fed daily as part of a long-term nutritional programme.
Whilst some owners notice changes within a few weeks, rebuilding muscle and topline takes time, so we generally recommend assessing progress over a period of several months rather than days.
Can EssentialAminos be fed long term?
Yes. Essential amino acids are nutrients rather than herbs, and many owners choose to feed EssentialAminos as part of their horse's ongoing nutritional programme, particularly older horses, performance horses, or those needing ongoing support for muscle maintenance.
Is EssentialAminos suitable for older horses?
Absolutely. As horses age, maintaining muscle mass can become more challenging, even when calorie intake remains adequate.
EssentialAminos can be a useful addition for veteran horses needing additional nutritional support for muscle tone, condition, and everyday tissue maintenance.
Can I feed EssentialAminos alongside JointReflexa?
Yes. This is a common combination.
EssentialAminos provides the building blocks used throughout the body for muscle and tissue maintenance, whilst JointReflexa provides additional support for connective tissue, cartilage, and structural resilience.
What's the difference between EssentialAminos and GutAminos?
Although both contain amino acids, they have very different purposes.
EssentialAminos focuses on providing the nine essential amino acids required for muscle development, condition, recovery, and general protein-dependent function.
GutAminos focuses on supporting the digestive tract and intestinal lining.
In simple terms, EssentialAminos is aimed at muscle and whole-body protein needs, whereas GutAminos is targeted towards the gut.
Can EssentialAminos be fed alongside PSSMFlex?
Yes. Many owners choose to feed the two together.
EssentialAminos provides nutritional building blocks that support muscle maintenance and recovery, whilst PSSMFlex is often chosen where muscle stiffness, tying-up patterns, or metabolic challenges are also part of the picture.
My horse is on a restricted diet. Could EssentialAminos still be useful?
Yes. Horses on calorie-controlled diets, restricted grazing, or lower-protein forage may sometimes benefit from additional amino acid support to help maintain muscle and condition without significantly increasing calorie intake.
How quickly will I notice a difference?
Every horse is different. Factors such as age, workload, forage quality, overall diet, and existing muscle condition all play a role.
Some owners notice changes within a few weeks, whilst rebuilding topline and muscle development is often most noticeable over several months of consistent feeding and appropriate exercise.
Do I still need a mineral balancer if I'm feeding EssentialAminos?
Yes. Amino acids work best when the wider nutritional foundations are in place.
A forage-based mineral balancer such as VitaComplete or EquiVita helps provide the nutritional framework needed for efficient protein utilisation, muscle maintenance, and everyday cellular function.
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