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Strategy or Safe Choice.... that is the question? Wasn't there a quote something like that??? 
Is Strategy a low starch feed? Is it a better feed?
Hi Lynette,
No -- Strategy is a high starch feed and I don't recommend it unless a horse is exercised regularly and requires the extra calories (assuming good overall health and condition). Even then, do not feed it according to directions -- supplement it with a low starch feed.
Safe Choice (by Nutrena) is sometimes "Safe" and sometimes not. The ingredients vary according to the manufacturing facility -- so there is no consistency across products. In general, it is a good feed, but I have seen some bags that contain whole corn! That's not what you would expect in a low starch feed. So, read the ingredients label carefully -- it can vary from product to product.
All the best,
Dr. Getty 
Where are you from? Bayfield, CO
Hi Dr. Getty,
There is a feed called "Safe & Sound" by West Feeds. Have you ever heard of it? How does it stack up? It's suppose to be low starch and $1.75 a bag less than Safe Choice. I don't know what low starch feeds there are available here in the central Texas area. Purina seems to think starch & carbs are ok............ and they just have to be watched if the horse is prone to laminitis. I have been trying to stay low starch & my horses are doing well.
Thanks for your time!!
Lynette
Hi Lynette,
Sometimes products are the same, only have different names because of different divisions of the same company. Safe Choice and Safe & Sound are two feeds that fit into this category.
You're right about Purina products -- they are consistently high in sugar and starch, with the exception of Ultium.
Thanks for writing!
Dr. Getty 
Where are you from? Bayfield, CO