Ensure Plus Fibre contains 320 calories per 200ml and is enriched in fibre and prebiotics making it ideal to maintain normal bowel function. Available in a range of flavours from NutriDrinks. Adult Oral Nutritional Supplement (ONS) and Tube Feed Formulary - Primary care guideline (BHT 906FMB) EnsureTwoCal can provide your body with ‘balanced’ nutrition. It is nutritionally complete and contains essential and non-essential vitamins and minerals. EnsureTwocal can, therefore, be used as a sole source of nutrition (if prescribed) or as part of a balanced diet. EnsureTwocal is ideal for those at nutritional risk who may require a high calorie balanced nutritional drink supplement.

Available in a 200ml recloable plastic bottle in four delicious flavours: Banana, Neutral, Strawberry and Vanilla. Ensure plus is suitable for vegetarians, with the exception of the following products: ProSure and Oxepa, which contain fish oil. Source: Euromonitor International Limited; Consumer Health 2023 edition, per Supplement Nutrition Drinks category definition, retail value sales, RSP, 2022 data. Food for Special Medical Purposes, for use under medical supervision. Suitable as a nutritional supplement or as a sole source of nutrition for patients who cannot or will not eat sufficient quantities of everyday food and drink to meet their nutritional requirements.

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Enshake can be used to gain weight in a similar way to Ensure Plus and is available direct from NutriDrinks in a variety of flavours including Enshake Vanilla and Enshake Strawberry. Choice Standard Volume, Milkshake-Style ONS. First line of 2nd choice items as most cost effective.

Ensure Plus Juce is a fat-free version of Ensure Plus Milkshake, ideal for patients who require a low-fat diet or have difficulties in absorbing fat based products. Ensure Plus Juce is high in calories and is nutritionally balanced. Available in a range of flavours from NutriDrinks.The volume/flow rate should be adjusted to meet the patient’s nutritional needs and tolerance. This product has a low viscosity and will pass down a fine nasogastric tube.

Water, corn syrup, maltodextrin, milk protein isolate, high oleic sunflower oil, sucrose, soy oil, sodium caseinate (milk protein), fructo-oligosaccharides, canola oil, magnesium chloride, emulsifier: E322 (soy lecithin), sodium citrate, potassium citrate, potassium phosphate dibasic, magnesium sulphate, choline chloride, flavouring, calcium carbonate, colour: E160a, vitamin C, potassium chloride, taurine, L- carnitine, ferrous sulphate, zinc sulphate, citric acid, niacin, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulphate, copper sulphate, vitamin B6, thiamin (vitamin B1), riboflavin (vitamin B2), vitamin A palmitate, folic acid, sodium molybdate, chromium chloride, sodium selenate, potassium iodide, biotin, vitamin K, vitamin D, vitamin B12. Ensure TwoCal is rich in calories, containing 400 calories per 200ml serving making it more calorie-rich than Ensure Plus. Ensure TwoCal is suitable for patients who have an increased need for calories. Available in a range of flavours from NutriDrinks. All Abbott nutritional drinks can be heated to make a warm drink. ( Do not allow the feed to boil).Products should be consumed within one hour after heating. Any product not consumed should be discarded. Detailed requirements for Specialist Centre initiation to be described in the wording of the formulary restrictionGreen in primary care- 1st choice only when patients cannot tolerate better value milkshake-style ONS.

Amber Shared Care Protocol: Medicines which are appropriate to be initiated and stabilised by a specialist, once stabilised the medicine may be appropriate for responsibility to be transferred from secondary to primary care with the agreement of a GP and a formal ‘shared care’ agreement. The shared care protocol must be approved by the Area Prescribing Committee Oxfordshire (APCO).Ready to feed liquid formula should not be routinely prescribed unless a clinical need has been indicated by secondary care. Prescribe up to 6 month corrected age or until infant is consistently demonstrating good catch up growth. Best served chilled unless bolus feeding is indicated, in which case the product should be administered at room temperature. There are many ways you can use Ensure Plus to make it palatable. Ensure plus can be used in meals or desserts or you can create delicious smoothies or milkshakes. Nutritional supplements are usually taken in between meals or can be used as an ingredient in a meal. Most taste best chilled and can even be frozen and served as a dessert or ice lolly. Many flavours of Ensure Plus can also be served warm, such as the chocolate flavour Ensure ® Plus (do not boil these products). In primary care switch to Foodlink Complete Compact or Aymes Shake Compact. If the patient is unable to prepare powdered ONS switch to Altraplen Compact or Fortisip Compact. Water, hydrolysed corn starch, maltodextrin, VEGETABLE OIL (high oleic sunflower oil, soy oil, canola oil), milk protein concentrate, CASEINATES (sodium caseinate, calcium caseinate), sucrose, oligofructose (FOS), MINERALS (magnesium chloride, potassium citrate, sodium citrate, potassium phosphate dibasic, magnesium sulphate, potassium hydroxide, potassium chloride, ferrous sulphate, zinc sulphate, manganese sulphate, cupric sulphate, sodium molybdate, chromium chloride, sodium selenate, potassium iodide), emulsified (322), flavouring, choline chloride, VITAMINS (ascorbic acid, niacinamide, calcium pantothenate, Vitamin E, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamin hydrochloride, riboflavin, Vitamin A palmitate, folic acid, biotin, phylloquinone, Vitamin D3, cyanocobalamin), taurine, L-carnitine.