Sodium and chloride (salt) are the major electrolytes lost in sweat, followed by potassium, so we should feed around 20-25g salt daily to cover a baseline requirement. If you prefer to feed an electrolyte supplement, make sure this amount of salt is included in the composition.

Salt also encourages a horse to drink water; obvious for summer hydration but for winter too, as horses drink far less water in winter so we need to help encourage them to do so.

However, there is a small challenge - salt is hygroscopic, meaning it naturally attracts moisture. As a drying agent, it can alter the nutrient composition of minerals and vitamins when blended together. This can cause a mineral supplement with fine salt to lose its essential structure and potentially shorten its shelf life. For this reason, we choose not to include salt in our EquiVita.

It’s far better to use coarse salt nibs, which degrade much more slowly. This approach is also ideal for horses that dislike the taste of salt, as it avoids an overpowering salty flavour.

Composition

100% pure, unrefined, coarse sea salt, certified under the approved product Soil Association scheme

Feed

• 5g/100kg bodyweight per day, thus for a 500kg horse add 25g daily to feed. This supplements apx. 10g elemental sodium.
• Feed double the RDA if in hard work/sweating.
• Origin Red Sea.
• Human Grade.