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Re: [RC] [RC] molasses & beet pulp - Ridecamp Guest

Please Reply to: Nicole z_arabs@xxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Wouldn't dried beet pulp, molasses free, still have some pigment 
in it? Maybe that's what you're seeing go down the drain. I'd 
like to know if by rinsing there are nutrients also being washed
out. Thoughts?


Hi Lif,

I'd say that's a valid concern.

I started rinsing it on the advice -- posted here on RC I believe
-- of Dr. Susan Garlinghouse; her comments were specifically for 
the IR, laminitic, or Cushings horse I believe. Since Susan was 
the person who first got me started feeding beet pulp through
her articles years ago, I figured I would be safe continuing to
follow her advice.  I think I'd rather risk wash nutrients down
the drain than risk giving sugar to this particular horse.

For all my others (I feed beet pulp to 7 horses of my own, plus
one boarded horse) I don't rinse.  I don't think the small amount
of sugar (molasses or beet sugar that should have been removed
during the sugar processing) is a problem for normal healthy 
horses.

~Nicole


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