TURMERIC HAS BEEN used as a traditional medicine in Eastern culture for centuries. Its properties, efficacy, bioavailability and safety across species has been extensively researched, and it is perfectly placed as a beneficial supplement for all horses.
Turmeric contains more than 300 individual bioactives, which can broadly be categorised as Terpenoids, or essential oils; phenolics, including curcumin; and the curcumoids (colouring agents). In addition, there are functional fibres and bioactive peptides, all of which combine to give a product that is greater than the sum of its parts.
One major drawback was poor bioactivity of the component curcumin (although the other actives are good), but improving the absorption and length of activity through supporting nutrition has solved this. From our knowledge of the components and interactions, the benefits of turmeric…