Table 3.
Enteral and parenteral formulae and non-oral protein supplements delivered
| Protein delivered |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calorie content (kcal/L) | Protein content (g/L) | Frequency⁎ | Percentage of type† | |
| Enteral nutrition formulae | ||||
| Nutrison Protein Plus Multi Fibre (Nutricia) | 1280 | 63 | 419 | 41% |
| Jevity Promote (Abbott) | 1000 | 55.5 | 264 | 26% |
| Nutrison 1.0 kcal/mL (Nutricia) | 1000 | 40 | 89 | 8.8% |
| TwoCal HN (Abbott) | 2000 | 84.8 | 48 | 4.7% |
| Nutrison Protein Plus (Nutricia) | 1250 | 63 | 47 | 4.7% |
| Nutrison Energy Multi Fibre (Nutricia) | 1530 | 60 | 40 | 4.0% |
| Nutrison Concentrated (Nutricia) | 2000 | 75 | 29 | 2.9% |
| Novasource Renal (Nestlé) | 2000 | 91 | 16 | 1.6% |
| Nutrison Energy (Nutricia) | 1500 | 60 | 13 | 1.3% |
| Isosource Protein Fibre (Nestlé) | 1330 | 67 | 12 | 1.2% |
| Nutrison Multi Fibre (Nutricia) | 1030 | 40 | 7 | 0.7% |
| Nutrison Protein Intense (Nutricia) | 1260 | 100 | 7 | 0.7% |
| Ensure Plus HN (Abbott) | 1250 | 79 | 4 | 0.4% |
| Vital (Abbott) | 1500 | 67.5 | 2 | 0.2% |
| Isosource 2.0 (Nestlé) | 2000 | 84 | 1 | 0.1% |
| Other | - | 15 | 1.5% | |
| Parenteral nutrition formulae | ||||
| Olimel N9 (Baxter) | 1070 | 47 | 44 | 70% |
| SmofKabiven (Fresenius Kabi) | 1116 | 42 | 12 | 19% |
| Other | - | - | 7 | 11% |
| Protein supplement | ||||
| Beneprotein powder (Nestlé)‡ | - | 857 | 4 | 100% |
⁎
Refers to the number of study days the formula was delivered.
†
Refers to the percentage of total study days the formula was delivered.
‡
Documentation on the preparation of Beneprotein was not recorded. A 7 g scoop of Beneprotein provides 6 g protein from whey protein isolate and needs to be administered with a minimum of 60 mL water per scoop.