Product: De-Hulled Oats

Ingredient Description

The oats are of a milling variety and will be sound, fresh and free from signs of infestation and rodent contamination. They have been cleaned, graded, dehulled and brushed. The oats comply with all relevant standard regulations.

Appearance

The oats shall be whole grain fairly uniform in size (approximately 6.0 – 9.00mm in length) reasonably free from broken, split or chipped groats, heat damaged grains, diseased grains weathered damaged grains, wild groats, hulls sticks/stems and free from foreign materials (stones, splintered wood, trampmetal glass etc).

Packaging

Delivered in bulk 20ft food grade containers with lined bulkheads. Each container will hold between 24mt and 25mt of product.

Physical Properties
Item – Typical Data Specifications
Moisture 7 – 9%
Particle Size – Pass through 1.7mm (US #12 mesh screen) 2% Maximum
Pickling Test
Unhulled groats 10 grains max
Hulls 3 pieces max
Slivers 7 grains max
Barley 7 grains max
Wheat 5 grains max
Stick/stem 1 piece max
Damaged Grains (eg. heat damaged or diseased grains) 3 pieces max
Foreign Material Nil
Discoloured Groats 20 grains max
Chemical Properties
Item – (Spec based on 100 grams unless stated) Specifications
Protein (N#6.25) 12.0% – 18.6%
Fat – Saturated 6 – 9%
Fat – Total 1 – 3%
Aflatoxins <5ug/kg
Hexanal 50ppb max
Beta Glucan 3.5% min
Microbiology
Item Specifications
Total Plate Count 20,000 CFU/g max
Heated Plate Count 500 CFU/g max
Mould 500 CFU/g max
Yeast 500 CFU/g max
Coliform 10 CFU/g max
Escheria coli Neg
Salmonella Neg
Bacillus cereus 100 CFU/g
Fibre Hulls

Helps manage Obesity, Cushings, Laminitis, Insulin resistance + Equine Metabolic Syndrome. Weight maintenance ideal feed additive for ponies, overweight horses + equines grazing on Sandy Soils. Palatable fibre hulls are a palatable oat hull coated in 27% canola oil. They are a low energy idea for adding to oaten or wheaten chaff to dilute sugars as it is high fibre, low energy. Sand Colic preventative.

Chemical Properties
Item Specifications
Crude protein (% of OM) 28 – 34
Crude Fibre (% of DM) 11-15