Vitamunch Heavenly Hedgerow

£22.50

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Keep your horse occupied for longer with this high fibre, low sugar fibre block, which is bursting full of tasty herbs and nutritious vitamins and minerals.

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A 1kg healthy, low sugar fibre block with endless uses. Packed full of essential vitamins and minerals together with herbs naturally sought by horses in the hedgerows, rosehips, and hawthorn, Vitamunch blocks can help in many ways:
• As a boredom breaker
• Encouraging natural foraging in the stable when turnout is limited
• Topping up essential vitamins & minerals
• Providing a healthy, low sugar but high fibre snack
• To slow food intake with its highly compressed nature
• As a smaller (and tastier!) alternative to hay when travelling
• Keeping horses occupied at competition

Delivery charges are calculated based on the location of delivery, weight, and value of the order. Standard charges are:

For parcels up to 20kg: UK Delivery

  • Standard Delivery 2-3 Working Days Delivery (from dispatch) £4.99 for orders under £50 and placed before 2pm. (UK Mainland only. Excludes Highlands, Northern Ireland, and Islands)
  • FREE Delivery 2-3 Working Days Delivery (from dispatch) for orders over £50 and placed before 2pm. (UK Mainland only. Excludes Highlands, Northern Ireland, and Islands)
  • Scottish Highland & Islands Standard 4-6 Working Day Delivery (from dispatch) £7.99 (up to 15kg)
  • Next Day Delivery (from dispatch) £6.99 for orders under £100 and placed before 2pm. (UK Mainland only. Excludes Highlands, Northern Ireland, and Islands)
  • FREE Next Day Delivery (from dispatch) for orders over £100 and placed before 2pm. (UK Mainland only. Excludes Highlands, Northern Ireland, and Islands)

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Making a Difference

Suitable for All Horses & Ponies

Made with Natural Ingredients

Heathy & Tasty

  • Nutritional Quality Policy

    We take every care to source ingredients that are traceable from their origination through to the item you feed your horse.

    We only work with suppliers and manufacturers that have quality systems in place and share our interest in providing the best we can source. Where possible, we use human-grade ingredients as we wouldn’t expect any lesser quality for our horses.

    We sample and test ingredients for undesirable substances on a regular basis with accredited independent laboratories and use ingredients that are safe for competition use.

    As we work with natural products/ingredients, it can be a challenge to ensure consistency in appearance, and if any of our products are unsatisfactory we are always happy to discuss any situation that may arise – we continually aim to improve our products with the objective of making a difference to the quality of horse’s life.

  • Vitamunch Hedgerow Ingredients

    Usage instructions:

    Feeding guide: Feed up to 2 blocks per day

    Ingredients and Nutritional Value:

    Composition:

    Timothy grass, high temperature dried (95%), alfalfa, high temperature dried, salt, dried rosehip shells (0.3%), hawthorn leaves (0.3%). * One vitamunch provides 50% of the published daily requirements for vitamins and trace elements based on 500kg horse in light work.

    Additives: 

    Analytical Constituents:

    Crude Protein 9%
    Crude Fat 1.8%
    Crude Fibre 30%
    Crude Ash 6%
    Sugar 9.5%
    Sodium 0.4%

    Nutritional Additives:

    Vitamin A (3a672a) 12,000 IU/kg
    Vitamin D (3a671) 2000 IU/kg
    Vitamin E (3a700) 500 mg/kg
    Vitamin C (3a311) 500 mg/kg
    Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1) (3a821) 25 mg/kg
    Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) (3a825i) 25 mg/kg
    Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6) (3a831) 5 mg/kg
    Calcium D-Pantothenate (3a841) 25 mg/kg
    Niacinamide (3a314) 25 mg/kg
    Folic Acid (3a316) 10 mg/kg
    d-Biotin (3a880) 7.5 mg/kg
    Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12) 100 ug/kg
    Copper (3b405) Copper (II) Sulphate Heptahydrate 40 mg/kg
    Zinc (3b603) Zinc Oxide 175 mg/kg
    Manganese (3b502) Manganous (II) Oxide 150 mg/kg
    Iodine (3b202) Calcium Iodate 1.7 mg/kg
    Selenium (3b801) Sodium Selenite 0.5 mg/kg

Perfect For

Inspiration behind the product

The Story

As a company focused on the horses’ wellbeing, we thought it was only right to look at the mental and nutritional wellbeing of our equine friends too!

Rather than just making 'a fibre block' suitable for all horses, including those prone to laminitis, we wanted to take it a bit further. With that the Munch Range was born, as a healthy snack with added benefits!

Vitamunch Marvellous Meadow
Vitamunch Heavenly Hedgerow
Litemunch
Calmmunch
Size
Grass Type
Fortified with
50% of average horses vitamin requirement
Ideal for
Suitable for Laminitis Prone
Can you feed soaked
Vitamunch Marvellous Meadow

1kg

Timothy
Red Clover & Nettle
Yes
All horses & ponies
Yes
Yes

Vitamunch Heavenly Hedgerow

1kg

Timothy
Rosehips & Hawthorn
Yes
All horses & ponies
Yes
Yes

Litemunch

1kg

Lucerne
Spearmint
No
Horses on restricted diet; digestion
Yes
Yes

Calmmunch

1kg

Timothy
Magnesium, B vitamins, camomile and hops
No
Stressful situations/anxious horses/travelling
Yes
Yes

FAQ's

Yes you can feed it just before riding. The rate of intake of Munch is relatively slow and so the volumes entering the digestive tract will be relatively low too.

a. The first issue with feeding a large meal before exercise is that it diverts blood flow from the extremities (i.e. muscles) to digestive tract. The little and often mode of eating of Munch means that this is not an issue.

b. A second issue is that large meals bind a lot of water which adds to the weight a horse is carrying, again the relatively low intake means that this is not an issue either.

Yes!

  • Munch can be used as part of the dietary management of horses and ponies at risk of, or prone to, laminitis.
  • Munch is low energy so can be used in low energy or restricted diets.
  • Munch is low sugar - low soluble carbohydrate diets are recommended for laminitis risk animals.
  • Munch is fortified – additional vitamins and minerals will top up reduced supply from a restricted diet.

Munch will keep for up to a week after opening but should be stored in a cool dry place. Uncovered Munch will absorb moisture from the atmosphere and will soften and expand. If you have soaked munch it does need to be fed straight away.

Yes, an individual Munch fibre block will soften and fluff up so that horses with poor dentition can easily bite into it. You can use warm water for to soak it for a treat in winter. Ensure soaked munch is fed immediately to prevent mould developing.

Munch is based on fibre, the natural foundation of a horse’s daily diet.

Adding one or two to the daily diet will not cause digestive upset, in fact being based on fibre, adding Munch to the diet only adds more of what a horse is naturally designed to digest.


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While horses are grazers, if you watch them in the field, they don't just have their heads down and eat grass. If they have a hedgerow you will quite often find them borrowing away to find little 'treats', or they might even eat some other vegetation at varying heights. Horses in the wild graze for 80% of their time, and browse for 20%.

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Soaking your Munch Block

While we recommend soaking your munch blocks for dentally challenged or older horses, you may also want to soak them to encourage water intake when the weather is extremely warm, but also when it is extremely cold as a 'winter warmer'. Some horses can also just prefer to eat the blocks like this, so it is completely down to personal preference.

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