Re: beet pulp, fat?

["Susan Evans Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

Beet pulp has very little fat to it, and what there is isn't very
bioavailable.  For the most part, in most normal feeds like grains and
forages, only about half of the fat content (what they call "ether extract")
is really fat available as an energy source.  The other half are fat-soluble
vitamins like carotenes, natural pigments like chlorophyll and things like
that.  So that's probably why the analysis says none---to all intents and
purposes, beet pulp is not a source of fat.  It's primarily going to supply
soluble fiber, which are still digested in the cecum, but are more
digestible than the insoluble fibers that take more effort to digest.

However, beet pulp is a dandy *carrier* for fats, so feel free to just add
your own! :-)

Hope this answers your question,

Susan G
-----Original Message-----
From: sweety@nni.com <sweety@nni.com>
To: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 8:21 AM
Subject: RC: beet pulp, fat?


>I have just decided to start using beet pulp with my horses {former rice
>bran user}, after an initial "what the @!#$@! is this?" they seem to really
>dig it. But after reading over the nutrition tag on the bag of pellets, I
>have a question...it has it's usual Protein, not less than 8%, etc...but
>what threw me is that is also says Fat, not less than NONE. Now, I thought
>beet pulp was a higher fat feed? It keeps the horses looking great - I'm
>happy with it thus far, but just curious about this. I know "not less than
>NONE can mean it has any amount, or none at all....but why would they write
>the label this way?
>
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