WILDFED *Organic herbal blend for horses - nourishing the hindgut biome with fibre-rich prebiotic plant diversity
Nature's nutrient buffet, WildFed mimics the diverse diet of wild horses, offering a variety of natural prebiotic botanical roughage to plug the nutritional gaps in modern equine diets.
Modern diets of domesticated horses lack the diversity of their wild ancestors, leading to challenges in gut health and vitality.
Packed with phytonutrients from barks, mosses, roots, and leaves, WildFed supports a healthy hindgut microbiome by providing the plant diversity your horse is naturally designed to thrive on.
✨ “A perfect addition for my hedge-munching horse - filling the natural gap in his diet.” Amy W.
Overview
When horses lived in the wild, they grazed and browsed a huge variety of plants: moss, leaves, nuts, berries, flowers, grains, barks, and more. This natural diversity fed their gut microbiome, supported detoxification, and helped keep their digestion and metabolism working smoothly.
Today? Our domesticated horses eat the same thing every day - grass, hay, and perhaps a mineral balancer. Functional, yes. Diverse? No.
A horse’s digestive system has not changed from that of its wild ancestors: it's built for variety. Given the opportunity, horses instinctively browse hedges, trees, and branches because they need more than grass alone.
These additional plants provide:
- structural fibre
- natural bitters
- essential minerals and nutrients
- antioxidant and immune-modulating compounds
All of which support microbial resilience, digestive rhythm, and the body’s natural detox pathways.
By feeding only grass, hay, and a balancer, we provide the basics but not the diversity the hindgut biome requires to stay robust.
WildFed restores that missing element of nature.
Is WildFed Right for Your Horse?
WildFed is a year-round forage-diversity enhancer — think of it as gently re-wilding the feed bowl.
WildFed is designed to restore plant diversity to the modern equine diet, offering the structural fibres, leaves, barks, mosses, and phytonutrients horses would naturally browse.
It's foundational nourishment that keeps the hindgut ecosystem resilient once stability is in place.
WildFed is ideal for horses who:
✔ live on grass/hay diets with little natural browse
✔ benefit from increased prebiotic variety
✔ show a natural desire to nibble hedges, bark, or shrubs
✔ need long-term microbial resilience
✔ are on structured gut or detox protocols and need a maintenance “foundation food”
WildFed isn't:
✘ a gut reset
✘ a mucosal repair formula
✘ a detox programme
✘ an acute digestive support blend
✘ a substitute for forage or minerals
It's a missing piece of the modern equine diet: diversity.
Composition & Feed Guide
WildFed brings back the diverse, fibre-rich plants found in a natural browsing diet. These botanicals nurture the hindgut biome through raw fibre, minerals, tannins, mucilage, and antioxidants.
WildFed is a nutritional, functional food supplement and not veterinary medicine. For more information, see Dr Kellon's article - Nutrition is not 'Alternative' Therapy .
Composition Glossary
- Fraxinus excelsior (Ash bark and leaves) Mineral-rich, mildly bitter foliage traditionally browsed in the wild. Supports digestion, circulation, joint comfort, and natural waste elimination.
- Betula pendula (Birch bark and leaves) Gently diuretic and cleansing; supports fluid balance, lymphatic flow, and natural toxin processing.
- Rubus fruticosus (Blackberry leaves) A source of tannins and antioxidants that support gut integrity, microbial balance, and calm mucosal behaviour.
- Crataegus oxyacantha (Hawthorn flowering tops & berries) Renowned as a circulatory tonic for vitality and tissue oxygenation - a classic natural browsing species.
- Chondrus crispus (Irish Moss) A mucilaginous, mineral-rich sea plant that soothes gut lining and provides trace elements often missing from inland forage.
- Silybum marianum (Milk Thistle herb) Supports liver function, metabolic clarity, and natural antioxidant pathways.
- Salix alba (Willow bark and leaves)
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A traditional foraged plant that supports natural comfort and tissue ease.
(See contraindications: salicylates are controlled under competition rules.)
* See Contraindications
Feed Guide
🌿Dried Herb Blend
Human grade, produced to ecological standards and free from agro-chemicals. See our Quality page for Organic Certification Documents.
- Feed a generous handful per horse, half for ponies, spread over hay or as a top-dressing to the feedbowl, every couple of days.
Footnotes
- Laboratory tested for identification and compliance to the British and European Pharmacopoeia standards.
- Human grade.
- ♻️ Eco Note: Our packaging is recyclable and refillable.
- 🧊 Storage Tip: Keep cool and dry.
Energetic Architecture - How WildFed Works
Energetic architecture explains how WildFed functions as a foundational system. Rather than targeting a single issue, it restores the internal terrain the hindgut microbiome requires to thrive — through diversity, structure, bitter signalling, minerals, and phytonutrient nourishment.
WildFed supports microbial resilience, digestive rhythm, and metabolic flow in the same way a natural browsing diet would.
Functional categories
WildFed works through five interconnected layers:
1. Prebiotic diversity for microbial nourishment
→ Leaves, barks, mosses, fibrous plant matter
WildFed offers a broad spectrum of fibres, tannins, mucilages, and plant compounds that feed different families of beneficial microbes- encouraging diversity and stability.2. Bitter–fibre signalling for digestive rhythm
→ Barks, leaves, mild bitters
Gentle bitters stimulate:
- digestive secretions
- healthy motility
- gut–liver communication
Replicating the signalling roles of wild bark and leaf browsing.
3. Mucosal hydration & barrier support
→ Mucilaginous and mineral-rich plants
Supporting:
- hydrated gut linings
- comfortable fibre transit
- barrier integrity
Especially important during winter or restricted turnout.
4. Circulatory, lymphatic & detox pathway nourishment
→ Leaves, barks, and whole-plant compounds
Wild forage also supports the body’s natural clearance and circulation systems, helping to maintain:
- microcirculation
- lymphatic flow
- liver-supported detox clearance
5. Behavioural & instinctive satisfaction
→ Re-wilding the feed bowl
Many horses crave browse because their gut expects diversity. WildFed satisfies this innate behaviour - supporting both gut health and emotional wellbeing.
Functional intent
WildFed is designed to:
- restore plant diversity missing from modern diets
- nourish microbial populations through variety, not force
- support digestion and metabolism quietly and consistently
- complement any gut, detox, or metabolic programme
Why it works
Imagine eating nothing but iceberg lettuce every day. That is the modern equine diet.
WildFed works by:
- expanding microbial diversity
- supporting digestion rather than overriding it
- feeding tissues instead of stimulating them
- shaping a healthier terrain instead of chasing symptoms
No drama - just nature returning to the feed bowl.
Clinical Considerations / Veterinary Reference
Advisories
- Feed alongside a balanced forage-based diet.
- Ideal year-round, especially for stabled horses or those with limited browsing.
Contraindications
- Contains Salix alba (Willow), which provides salicylates - always check competition rules.
- Use caution with pregnant or nursing mares (mild hormonally active plant compounds).
Veterinary Reference / Formulary Extract
A concise, vet-friendly reference is available for sharing with your vet.
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