History of NATURAL GLO
NATURAL GLO food-grade stabilized rice bran, from Wolcott Farms Inc, was the pioneer of high-fat supplements for horses fourteen years ago. Marketed in most of the United States by ADM Alliance Nutrition, NATURAL GLO (meal form in the purple bag) is such a success, that high-fat supplements are now plentiful in stores and are mentioned in virtually all modern horse feeding articles. However, NATURAL GLO remains the leader with its food-grade quality, year-long shelf life and abundant antioxidants.



Development of the Nugget Pelleting Process
Soon after the development of NATURAL GLO, Wolcott Farms began working on a pelleting method for its food-grade products. The result, NATURAL GLO Nuggets, again places Wolcott Farms at the forefront of high-fat horse supplements. Extruded, NATURAL GLO Nuggets maintain all of the features of the original meal form, yet contain added calcium for a balanced calcium/phosphorus ratio and are fortified to contain a whopping 1000 IU/pound of vitamin E from all-natural sources (rice and soybeans). Competitive products are still feed-grade with inferior quality and shelf life or food-grade, but without guaranteed quality control, our exclusive extruded pellet form or added vitamin E.

In the past, making a rice bran pellet would have required an additional process through pellet-forming equipment after the rice bran was stabilized. While this process can produce a pellet, the additional heat, pressure and binding agents involved affect the nutritional value and potential shelf life of the finished product. For this reason, in the past, we chose to offer NATURAL GLO only in a meal form. Now, ADM Alliance Nutrition is able to provide totally unique NATURAL GLO Nuggets produced in a new, state-of-the-art human consumption grade facility. By stabilizing, fortifying and forming the pellet all in one unique proprietary process, without the need for binders or preservatives, a human food-grade stable pellet is produced. NATURAL GLO Nuggets are much easier and more convenient to feed than the old meal form, and horses adapt to them quicker, and with less waste. Of course, traditional NATURAL GLO meal in the purple bag will also remain in the product lineup, for those who prefer to continue to use it.

Vitamin E
Vitamin E is a general term for compounds with the biological activity of alpha tocopherol. A recently discovered group of compounds, tocotrienols, also has vitamin E activity similar to tocopherols. Vitamin E is a broad-spectrum lipid antioxidant that functions in cell membranes and can improve the immune response in horses. Vitamin E is an effective antioxidant in both feeds (prevents rancidity) and body tissues (reduces damage from free radicals).

Acetate forms of vitamin E are stable until digested in the intestine and are the most common forms in feeds. One international unit (IU) vitamin E is equal to 1 mg of dl-alpha tocopherol acetate (dl forms are synthetic). However, recent studies show that natural source vitamin E (d-alpha tocopherol acetate) is about 3-4 times more effective in horses than synthetic sources (dl-alpha tocopherol acetate). Therefore, natural-source vitamin E is both more effective and less costly, per unit of activity.

Deficiency of vitamin E can result in several diseases in horses, including equine degenerative myeloencephalopathy (EDM) and equine motor neuron disease (EMND), a condition resembling Lou Gehrig's disease in humans.

According to the National Research Council's Nutrient Requirements of Horses, 1989, each horse should receive at least 80-100 IU of vitamin E/kg diet dry matter daily, which would be 900 to 1150 IU/day for an average sized horse. Since hays and grains are not good sources of vitamin E, most horses need supplemental vitamin E. Now, by feeding 1 pound per day of NATURAL GLO meal or Nuggets, with over 1000 IU of Vitamin E, horse owners can rest assured that their horses are receiving their minimum daily requirement of this important vitamin, even when not fed a fortified feed.

Of course, hard working horses and horses fed added-fat rations will probably benefit from more supplemental vitamin E than the NRC minimum. Vitamin E supplementation of 2,000 to 5,000 IU per day is recommended for healing of nerve tissue for the treatment of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM).

Additional vitamin E is also recommended for horses prone to tying-up or exertional rhabdomyolysis and for improvement of reproductive function. Feeding too much vitamin E is not a concern, since signs of vitamin E toxicity have not been reported in horses.

Additional information about vitamin E is available on this web site at:

Natural and Synthetic Vitamin E Sources and Their Biopotency Jerry Faber, Ph.D., ADM Animal Health and Nutrition

Natural Vitamin E for Horses Judy Reynolds, Ph.D., P.A.S., Equine Technical Specialist, ADM Alliance Nutrition

Vitamin E Content of NATURAL GLO Products

NATURAL GLO meal  40# bag         1000 IU/lb tocopherol form vitamin E
Product #204                                    220 IU/lb tocotrienol form* vitamin E
                       Actual content          1220 IU/lb all-natural vitamin E
                      Guaranteed Analysis   1000 IU/lb vitamin E

NATURAL GLO Nuggets 40# bag
                                                         1,000 IU/lb tocopherol form vitamin E
Product #80684AAA95                          220 IU/lb tocotrienol form* vitamin E
                   Actual content                1,220 IU/lb all-natural vitamin E
                   Guaranteed Analysis       1,000 IU/lb vitamin E

*Many state labs cannot test for tocotrienol forms of vitamin E, therefore, only tocopherol forms are included in the Guaranteed Analysis.

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