Description
Elemental 028 Extra Powder 10 x 100g Unflavoured
Elemental 028 Extra Powder
Elemental 028 Extra is a nutritionally complete elemental diet, consisting of a mixture of essential and on-essential amino acids, carbohydrate, fat, vitamins, minerals and trace elements. Available as Orange, Citrus and Banana flavours (contains sugars, sweetener and colours) or Unflavoured.
Elemental 028 Extra is a Food for Special Medical Purposes for use under medical supervision only.
Indications
Elemental 028 Extra can be used in children and adults as a sole source of nutrition or as a supplementary feed from age 1 year for the dietary management of the following conditions:
- Crohn’s disease.
- Short bowel syndrome.
- Intractable malabsorption.
- Bowel fistulae.
- Radiation Enteritis.
Suggested Intake
The quantity of Elemental 028 Extra should be determined by a clinician or a dietitian only and is dependent on the age, body weight, and medical condition of the patient.
Preparation & Administration
For sip or tube feeding the recommended feed concentration is 20% w/v (1 in 5 dilution i.e. 20g made up to 100ml).
- Wash hands.
- Add small amount of water to the prescribed amount of Elemental 028 Extra. Stir with a fork until a smooth paste is achieved.
- Continue stirring whilst adding water up to the required volume.
- Elemental 028 Extra is now ready for use.
Elemental 028 Extra is best presented as a chilled drink. Elemental 028 Extra (Unflavoured) may be flavoured with a separate flavour from the SHS flavour range.
Ingredients
Unflavoured: Dried glucose syrup, refined vegetable oils (medium chain triglycerides (palm kernel and/or coconut oil), canola oil, hybrid safflower oil), L-lysine L-aspartate, L-glutamine, L-leucine, L-phenylalanine, L-arginine, trisodium citrate, L-proline, calcium phosphate dibasic, L-valine, glycine, L-isoleucine, L-threonine, N-acetyl L-methionine, L-histidine, emulsifiers (E471, E472(e)), L-serine, tripotassium citrate, L-alanine, magnesium acetate, potass…chl…, L-tryptophan, choline bitartrate, dipotassium hydrogen phosphate, L-tyrosine, sodium chloride, calcium chloride, L-cystine, taurine, L-ascorbic acid, stabiliser (E405), L-carnitine, ferrous sulphate, zinc sulphate, DL-alpha tocopheryl acetate, M-inositol, nicotinamide, calcium D-pantothenate, manganese sulphate, copper sulphate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamin hydrochloride, riboflavin, vitamin A acetate, folic acid, sodium molybdate, chromium chloride, potassium iodide, sodium selenite, vitamin K1, D-biotin, vitamin D3, cyanocobalamin
