Tharos is a British company developing nutritional technologies and animal health brands from its UK base.
Tharos
The animal microbiome company
Digestive science developed into specialist equine and canine brands.
Tharos Ltd
Science that becomes everyday digestive support.
Tharos develops evidence-led nutritional technologies for horses and dogs — translating digestive and microbiome research into practical products designed for everyday use.
International reach
Developed in Britain. Built to travel.
Tharos supports dedicated brand, commercial and fulfilment routes across Britain, Europe and the United States.
European customers are supported through dedicated brand and fulfilment infrastructure.
American equine customers have their own specialist EquiNectar store and US fulfilment route.
Visit EquiNectar USA
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One development company. Dedicated specialist brands. Tharos provides the scientific and commercial platform behind products developed for the differing digestive needs of horses and dogs.
Our animal health brands
Two species. Two specialist brands.
Horses and dogs have very different digestive systems, nutritional requirements and everyday challenges. Our products are developed around those differences rather than forcing one formulation across species.
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Equine
EquiNectar The foundation of our equine range.
EquiNectar is our daily nutritional approach to equine digestive support. Naturally occurring digestive enzymes support digestion earlier in the digestive process, helping influence the nutritional environment experienced further along the digestive tract.
Built for everyday use.
EquiNectar sits at the centre of the wider Tharos equine
portfolio, supported by additional products developed for
more specific digestive situations.
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Canine
CaniNectar Digestive support developed for dogs.
CaniNectar translates Tharos digestive science into a canine-specific product, developed around the nutritional and practical requirements of dogs rather than simply adapting an equine formulation.
Species-specific from the outset.
The underlying scientific thinking is shared, but the
finished product, feeding approach and commercial brand
are designed specifically for canine use.
Different animals deserve different products.
The common thread is Tharos: research, digestive science and product development translated into practical specialist brands for the animals they are intended to support.
The Tharos approach
Don't start with the bacteria. Start with their environment.
The gut microbiome is extraordinarily complex. Rather than trying to replace that complexity, Tharos works with the microbial community already there by changing the nutritional environment it experiences.
A Tharos scientific principle
Anabiomics
A substrate-led way of working with the existing microbiome rather than relying on the introduction of foreign microorganisms.
The central idea
Change digestion upstream. Change what happens downstream.
Digestive enzymes can change how dietary components are processed before they reach microbial communities further along the digestive tract. This changes the amount and balance of substrate available for fermentation — and therefore the environment experienced by the existing microbiome.
Environment first
The microbiome is not simply
a list of bacteria to add.
Substrate-driven thinking
Four stages. One connected digestive system.
The precise digestive environment differs between species, but the underlying principle remains the same: what happens earlier can influence what microbial communities encounter later.
Nutrition enters the system.
Feed introduces carbohydrates, proteins, fats and plant material into a complex digestive environment.
Support digestion earlier.
Enzyme activity changes how dietary components are broken down before later microbial fermentation.
Change what arrives.
Better upstream digestion changes the amount and balance of nutritional substrate available further down the digestive tract.
Let the existing community respond.
The microbial community experiences a different nutritional environment without needing to introduce a new microbial population.
A core Tharos technology
Enzyme-rich malt extract.
At the heart of EquiNectar and CaniNectar is an enzyme-rich malt extract produced from malted barley using a patented process designed to preserve naturally occurring digestive enzyme activity.
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Biology creates the enzymes.
During malting, the grain's own biological processes
generate a broad range of naturally occurring
digestive enzymes.
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The process preserves them.
Tharos' patented production approach is designed to
retain the enzyme-rich character of the malt in the
finished extract.
Amylase
Fructanase
Cellulase
Xylanase
Beta-glucanase
Phytase
Protease
Lipase
From research to reality
Science becomes products people actually use.
Tharos brings research, formulation, product development and commercial delivery together. The aim is not simply to understand interesting biology — it is to turn that understanding into practical nutritional products that work in the real world.
The Tharos development model
Research does not stop at the paper.
Scientific insight is only the beginning. Tharos develops that thinking into formulations, production processes, feeding formats and ultimately finished products that can become part of everyday animal care.
Different scientific questions can lead to different products.
Some Tharos products use enzyme-rich malt technology.
Others are developed around entirely different nutritional
approaches. The common denominator is the development
process behind them.
How Tharos works
From scientific question to finished product.
Research & insight
Begin with a biological, nutritional or practical question worth solving.
Formulation & development
Translate the scientific thinking into a practical nutritional formulation and usable format.
Production & quality
Develop repeatable manufacturing and quality processes that protect the intended characteristics of the product.
Real-world use
Deliver products through specialist brands in formats that owners and professionals can use every day.
More than one technology
Different jobs need different tools.
Tharos is not built around forcing every product through a single mechanism. Enzyme-rich malt extract sits at the heart of EquiNectar and CaniNectar, while other products can be developed for different and complementary nutritional roles. The question comes first; the formulation follows.
Science, development and commercial delivery under one roof.
Tharos provides the scientific and product-development platform behind specialist animal health brands, connecting research with products designed for practical use.
Shop the range
Daily foundations. Targeted support.
Tharos products are sold through our dedicated specialist brand stores, where you can find the full range, feeding guidance and current availability. Start with the species, then choose the support you need.
Equine range
Built around EquiNectar.
A daily digestive foundation, supported by complementary products developed for more specific situations.
EquiNectar
Daily nutritional digestive support built around naturally occurring digestive enzyme activity.
Foundation product
EquiBarrier
Daily nutritional support developed around the foregut and its protective barrier.
EquiBuffer
Purpose-built nutritional support for situations where additional stomach pH support is useful.
EquiCharcoal
Activated coconut-shell charcoal developed for short-term, targeted use.
Shop the full equine range through the dedicated EquiNectar store for your region.
Canine
CaniNectar. Digestive support for dogs.
CaniNectar brings Tharos digestive science into a canine-specific product developed around the nutritional and practical requirements of dogs.
SHOP CANINE
Specialist stores for specialist products.
Our dedicated EquiNectar and CaniNectar websites provide detailed feeding guidance, product information and commercial support appropriate to each species.
The company behind the brands
Built from science. Built to make it useful.
Tharos grew from a collaboration between scientists interested in a deceptively simple question: could a better understanding of digestion and the microbiome be translated into something genuinely useful?
Tharos founded
2016
A scientific idea became a company.
Tharos was established to turn digestive and microbiome
research into practical nutritional technologies for
animal health.
The scientific roots
A collaboration across clinical and biological science.
The scientific roots of Tharos reach back to work involving Dr Rosemary Waring and Professor John Hunter. Their combined interests in metabolism, digestion and the gut environment helped shape the thinking that would ultimately lead to the development of Tharos and its animal-health technologies.
What made it different
Different scientific disciplines looking at the same
digestive system from different angles.
The journey
From scientific observation to specialist animal-health brands.
A different approach to the digestive environment.
Early work identified the potential of an enzyme-rich malt extract and helped establish the substrate-led thinking that would later sit at the heart of Tharos.
Science becomes a development company.
Tharos was created to take scientific ideas through formulation, production, evidence generation and ultimately into practical animal-health products.
Equine and canine products with international reach.
Tharos now develops and supports specialist equine and canine products through dedicated brands and commercial routes across Britain, Europe and the United States.
More than a brand owner
A platform for turning science into products.
Tharos sits behind the finished brands, connecting scientific insight, product development, protected production technology and commercial execution. The enzyme-rich malt extract used in EquiNectar and CaniNectar is produced using a patented process designed to preserve naturally occurring digestive enzyme activity.
Science
Digestive and microbiome research provides the
starting point.
Development
Ideas are translated into practical formulations and
production processes.
Commercialisation
Finished technologies become specialist brands for
real-world animal use.
The people behind the science matter.
Tharos brings together scientific, veterinary, nutritional, operational and commercial experience around a shared aim: to develop better ways of supporting digestive health.
Latest from Tharos
Research, progress and what comes next.
Follow the latest work from across Tharos and our specialist brands — from new research and evidence to product development, partnerships and the next questions we are trying to answer.
Sustainability Without Compromise: The EquiNectar Promise
EquiNectar: Better digestion means less feed waste, lower carbon footprint, and healthier horses. Sustainability without compromise
CaniNectar: Revolutionary Support for Your Dog's Digestive Wellbeing
We're thrilled to introduce an innovative product that's changing the landscape of canine gut health throughout the UK: CaniNectar!
EquiNectar Reaches 10,000 Orders: Revolutionising Equine Gut Health
Tharos Ltd is pleased to announce a significant milestone: our 10,000th order of EquiNectar. This achievement underscores the growing recognition of our innovative approach...
Science is a continuing process, not a finished story.
We continue to generate evidence, develop products and work with animal-health professionals to better understand how nutrition, digestion and the microbiome interact.
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Tharos Ltd
Science. Products. Partnerships.
Tharos develops digestive-health technologies and turns scientific thinking into specialist nutritional products for animals.
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Science
Explore the thinking behind Tharos.
Discover our scientific roots, the development of Anabiomics and the principles behind our approach to digestion and the microbiome.
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Products
Visit our specialist brands.
Shop EquiNectar and the wider equine range, or visit CaniNectar for digestive support developed specifically for dogs.
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Partnerships
Start a conversation with Tharos.
For research, distribution, professional collaboration, commercial partnerships or general company enquiries, talk directly to the Tharos team.
Better questions. Better science. Better products.
Tharos Ltd · animal digestive health, microbiome science
and specialist nutritional product development.