ABC's of Protein

The horse industry often gets hung up on protein, often focused or worried about being too high. Well in reality looking at protein itself is not relevant. The important part of your horse's diet is the amino acids that make up the protein.

Proteins are chains and combinations of amino acids--so in effect proteins are like the words of the dictionary and amino acids are the letters that make up the alphabet. Certain amino acids are more vital than others-they are called Essential Amino Acids. Essential Amino Acids would be like the vowels in our alphabet A-E-I-O & U. The last time I checked you can not make a word in the English language without a vowel, thus they are Essential. Similarly you cannot make good quality protein for horses without Essential Amino Acids present like Lysine, Methionine, Threonine, Tryptophan, Valine, Histidine, etc.

Quality proteins that deliver maximum results for your horse contain proper levels of these essential amino acids. Progressive Nutrition focuses on supplying these essential amino acids to your horse in all of our feeds. This is what we call our Top-Line Advantage--We take the guesswork out of meeting these needed nutrients--so you can get the most out of your horse.