HARI Gourmet Premium Seed Blend is a budgie-specific seed mix combining selected seeds, grains, vegetables, fruit and nuts, and is fortified with Tropican Lifetime 2 mm Granules plus added vitamins and minerals. The seeds are air-cleaned and polished to help produce a cleaner, more appetising blend.

Yes. It is formulated specifically for budgerigars (budgies/parakeets) and is also listed for Australian parakeets, Lineolated Parakeets and Parrotlets.

It can therefore be used for pet budgies commonly kept in India, provided the bird is otherwise healthy and the overall diet is appropriately balanced.

The blend contains a wide variety of ingredients, including canary grass seed, white and red millet, oat groats, rapeseed, Siberian millet, flaxseed, corn, quinoa, niger seed, dried carrot, papaya and apple, along with sunflower seed, peanut, brown rice and other ingredients.

It also contains Tropican Lifetime granules and added vitamins and minerals.

I would not describe it as a substitute for a complete formulated pellet diet.

HARI's feeding guidance recommends Gourmet seed blends as part of a varied feeding programme and also recommends fresh greens. It specifically suggests supplementation with a vitamin/mineral product such as PRIME.

For owners who want seeds as an important part of the diet, this provides considerably more variety than feeding a single-seed mix.

Yes. One of the distinguishing features of this HARI blend is that it is fortified with Tropican Lifetime 2 mm Granules.

This adds a formulated-food component to the seed blend, but birds may still selectively eat the seeds they prefer.

This is a very common issue with seed-based diets. Some birds will selectively pick their favourite ingredients and leave others behind.

HARI itself notes that some birds may select their favourite ingredients and recommends monitoring the food that is actually being consumed rather than assuming that an untouched mixture is providing a balanced intake.

Avoid continually topping up a bowl filled with rejected ingredients. Clean the food dish regularly and provide a varied diet alongside the seed mix.

Yes, and HARI recommends doing so. Fresh greens and suitable vegetables can provide dietary variety and enrichment alongside the seed blend. HARI specifically recommends offering a small amount of fresh greens daily.

For Indian households, commonly available suitable vegetables can make this particularly practical, but avoid foods that are unsafe for birds.

Introduce it gradually rather than changing the food suddenly.

HARI recommends replacing the existing seed with the Gourmet blend in small increments. This gives the bird time to become familiar with the different seeds, aromas and textures.

During the transition, make sure your budgie is genuinely eating the new food.

Yes. It contains both dehulled sunflower seed and dehulled peanut, along with numerous other seeds and grains.

It is manufactured in a facility that packages products containing known priority allergens, so this is worth considering if your bird has a known food sensitivity.

The guaranteed analysis is:

Crude Protein: 15% minimum
Crude Fat: 8% minimum
Crude Fibre: 9% maximum
Moisture: 14% maximum
Ash: 5% maximum
Vitamin A: 315 IU/kg minimum
Vitamin D3: 32 IU/kg minimum
Vitamin E: 12 IU/kg minimum

Calculated metabolizable energy is 3,250 kcal/kg.

The product is primarily listed for adult birds.

For a very young, recently weaned or hand-fed chick, a diet specifically appropriate to its developmental stage is preferable. Once the bird is independently eating an adult diet, this blend can be considered according to its nutritional needs.

Once opened, HARI recommends keeping the food in a sealed container in a cool, dry place. It can also be refrigerated to help retain freshness.

This is particularly useful in India's hot and humid conditions. Keep the food protected from moisture, direct sunlight and insects. The unopened product uses air-barrier packaging and CO₂ treatment intended to help with freshness and insect control.