Corn Flakes
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Highly digestible corn flakes · provides high energy with low protein content · to feed weakened animals · for animals with increased energy needs Steam-heated maize to enrich the energy-level of feed diets for weakened animals or in periods of high performance requirements

Compared to other types of grain, corn kernels are particularly rich in starch, but contain lower amounts of protein. But the unprocessed, dried corn grain is not easily digestible for most animal species as horses, rabbits and rodents. So their organism cannot break down the valuable starch from the grain very well.

We therefore process our corn into crunchy, golden-yellow corn flakes by gentle steam heating. This process changes the corn structure, what simplify eating and chewing the corn, and furthermore the combination of heat and steam breaks down the starch in the grain, a kind of pre-digesting process. Now most of the starch can be absorbed in the small intestine and be converted into energy.

Due to the low protein content, Corn Flakes are ideal for animals that tend to have certain liver or kidney problems or older animals that can no longer metabolize large amounts of protein and lose weight quickly.

Protein and Energy Rating for Horses:

Digestible protein (dCP): 59,9 g/kg preceacal digestible protein (pcvRp): 54,7 g/kg Digestible energy (MJ DE): 13,6 MJ DE/kg Metabolizable energy (MJ ME): 12,8 MJ ME/kg