How much sugar in readi-grass compared to good -doer

teasle

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My friend has been advised to feed her horse on readi-grass instead of good doer as good doer contains mollasses and readi-grass does not. I was surprised as I thought that readi- grass would contain sugar from the grass, even if no added molasses .On the analysis on the readi- grass bag it is not clear how much sugar it cobtains- does anyone know.
 
Dengie Hi-Fi Good-doer

Ingredients:

Cereal Straw, Alfalfa, Molasses, Mould Inhibitor, Antioxidant, Mint Flavour, Lysine, Zinc sulphate, Manganese sulphate, Vitamin E, Copper sulphate, Sodium selenite. Contains permitted EC preservatives and antioxidants: Propionic acid and its salt, Sorbic and Phosphoric acid and Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA).

Nutritional Analysis:

1.5% starch, 8% sugar
Protein 8.5
Oil 1.7
Fibre 40
Ash (mineral) 8
Copper, as copper sulphate 10mg/kg
Selenium, as sodium selenite 0.2mg/kg
Vitamin E, as alpha tocopherol* 81 iu/kg
Digestible Energy 7MJ/kg

I can't find a breakdown for Readygrass, the nearest I can find are a couple of brands of grass pellets, both of which have sugar levels of about 12% e.g.

Graze On Grass pellets

Ingredients:

Grass, 12% sugar, 1.5% starch
 
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