The day I started therapy, Beth Israel Med Center changed it’s recommended liquid diet to Jevity 1.5 (from Ensure?). The little 8 oz can is called a calorically dense medical food.
The nutritional information for an 8oz can is as follows:
- Calories 355
- Proteins 15.1 g
- Fat 11.8 g
- Carbohydrate 51.1 g
- Dietary Fiber 5.3 g
- + 31 vitamins and minerals.
The lovely ingredients are:
- D Water
- Corn Maltodextrin,
- Corn Syrup Solids
- Sodium and Calcium Caseinates
- Canola Oil
- Corn Oil
- Soy Protein Isolate
- Fructooligosaccharides
- Medium Chain Triglycerides
- Oat Fiber
- Soy Fiber
- Potassium Citrate
- Calcium Phosphate
- Gum Arabic
- Sodium Citrate
- Magnesium Phosphate
- Soy Lecithin
- Magnesium Chloride
- Carboxmethylcellulose
- Acsorbic Acid
- Choune Chloride
- Potassium Chloride
- Taurine
- L-Carnitine
- Zinc Sulfate
- dl-Alpha-Tocopheryl Acetate
- Ferrous Sulfate
- Niacinamide
- CalciumPantothenate
- Maganese Sulfate
- Cupric Sulfate,
- Thiamine Chloride
- Hydrochloride
- Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
- Riboflavin
- VitaminA Palmitate
- Folic Acid
- Biotin
- Chromium Chloride
- Sodium Molybdate
- Potassium Iodide
- Sodium Selenate
- Phylloquinone
- Cyanocobalamin
- Vitamin D
Congratulations to these 45 ingredients which had lined up with hundreds and hundreds of others for various auditions to make the final list. Many new comers with new-found names, not seen in other foods, have made this cut. I’m sure most all the ingredients are fresh and certainly long-lasting as the expiration date for this can is September, 2019.
Although you can drink the stuff, you wouldn’t want to. The smell is not the most delectable. It’s meant for feeding tubes. And without making light of the ingredients, it’s fortunate that there is something nutrient dense such as Jevity is available, which beats the alternatives in a pinch. To get two cans down the feeding tube takes minimum half hour. The drip time is not terribly fast. My daily quota without other foods: six cans.
#8 Fructooligosaccharides, sounds like something right out of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Fred: You have given the can far more personality than it deserves. And the name? Go figure. Wishing you a week of clinical success with minimal additional discomfort–as I know from your journal each week despite our wishes is cumulatively tougher than the previous one. Go get it Freddie!
Congratulations to the chosen ingredients indeed. I can only imagine that audition process. Do they have a union? Is there a Liquid Brown Ingredients Guild? I sincerely hope they are doing their job and providing you with nutrition!! Much love to you Freddie Spaghetti.
thanks meredith. but the congrats in this case go to the ingredient makers at abbott labs. i hope they are doing their jobs. good to hear from you daughter of david.