Ensure Plus Strength Nutritional Drink

Description

Ensure Plus Strength is a high-energy (1.5 kcal/mL), high-protein, milkshake-style ready-to-drink oral nutritional supplement from Ensure by Abbott Nutrition. Formulated as a Food for Special Medical Purposes, it combines a triple protein blend with CaHMB, vitamins, minerals, prebiotic fibre and antioxidants to support adults at risk of malnutrition and muscle loss. Intended for supplemental use with or between meals; not suitable as the sole source of nutrition.

Intended users

• Adults experiencing muscle loss, nutritionally at risk, recovering from illness, or preparing for/post-surgery.

Key features

• 20 g protein per 220 mL serve (triple protein complex: milk, soy, whey).
• CaHMB 1.5 g per serve to support muscle protein synthesis and help reduce muscle breakdown.
• 1.5 kcal/mL energy density to help meet increased requirements in smaller volumes.
• 28 essential vitamins and minerals, including vitamin D and calcium (≈499 mg calcium per serve).
• Prebiotic fibre (FOS) and antioxidants.
• Low lactose; gluten free.
• Manufacturer reports support from 20+ clinical studies and claims it is the only high-energy, high-protein ONS in Australia enriched with CaHMB.

Nutrition per 220 mL serve (approx.)

• Energy ~330 kcal (1390 kJ)
• Protein ~20 g
• Fat ~10.6 g (saturated ~1.0 g)
• Carbohydrate ~36.9 g (sugars ~15.0 g)
• Dietary fibre ~1.65 g (all FOS)
• CaHMB ~1.5 g; L-carnitine ~40 mg

Selected micronutrients

• Vitamin D3 5.7 mcg/100 mL; Vitamin A 120 mcg RE/100 mL; Vitamin C 16 mg/100 mL
• Calcium 227 mg/100 mL; Magnesium 25 mg/100 mL; Iron 2.1 mg/100 mL; Zinc 1.75 mg/100 mL

Directions for use and handling

• Shake well; best served chilled.
• Take 1–2 bottles daily as a supplement, as advised by a healthcare professional.
• Open immediately before use; once opened, cover, refrigerate, and use within 24 hours.

Ingredients and allergens

• Water; hydrolysed corn starch; sucrose; canola and corn oils; sodium caseinate; milk protein concentrate; soy protein isolate; whey protein concentrate; minerals; fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS); Ca‑HMB; vitamins; choline chloride; L‑carnitine; emulsifier (322); stabilisers (460, 466, 418); flavouring. Coffee flavour also contains colour (150c) and potassium hydroxide.
• Contains: milk, soy. Free from egg, fish, peanuts/tree nuts, meat, wheat, sesame, shellfish, alcohol, oat, lupin.

Dietary suitability

• Low lactose (≤2 g/100 g); gluten free (no detectable gluten >5 ppm).
• Vegetarian; Kosher (both flavours). Halal: Coffee Yes; Vanilla No.

Flavours and format

• 220 mL ready-to-drink bottles; Vanilla and Coffee.

Cautions

• Food for Special Medical Purposes: use under medical supervision.
• Not for parenteral use. Not for use in galactosaemia.

Physicochemical properties

• Osmolarity 557 mOsm/L; osmolality 730 mOsm/kg H2O; potential renal solute load 671 mOsm/L.