Meal replacer

Newly prepared standards should be checked against previously qualified standards every six months. New standards are acceptable if the difference between standards is 3.0% of the establishedvalues. Sample chromatograms are given for a sugar standard (Fig. El.2.1), presweetened cereal (Fig. El.2.2), ice cream (Fig. El.2.3), and a meal replacement bar (Fig. El.2.4). 

Figure E1.2.4 Chromatogram of a meal replacement bar analyzed as described (see Basic Protocol).

Lactose-free Ensure, Jevity, Osmolite (Ross) Sustacal Liquid, Isocal, Ultracal (Mead Johnson) FiberSource, Resource (Sandox) Entrition, Nutren (Clinitek) Attain, Comply (Sherwood) Used as oral supplement, tube feeding or meal replacement Ready to use Meets daily intake of vitamins and minerals... 

The trend toward multivitamin drinks has increased in developed countries. Vitamins, including vitamin E, are added to fruit-juice-based products to be used by consumers on their way toward optimal health (O Brien and Roberton, 1993). Many dieters eat yogurt as a meal replacement, and the addition of a wide range of vitamins is justified (O Brien and Robertson, 1993). 

Anderson, J.W J. Fuller K. Patterson R. Blair A. Tabor. Soy compared to casein meal replacement shakes with energy-restricted diets for obese women Randomized controlled trial. Metabolism 2007, 56, 280-288. 

Li, Z. K. Hong P. Saltsman S. DeShields M. Bellman G. Thames Y. Liu H.J. Wang R. Elashoff D. Heber. Long-term efficacy of soy-based meal replacements vs an individualized diet plan in obese Type II DM patients relative effects on weight loss, metabolic parameters, and C-reactive protein. Eur. J. Clin. Nutr. 2005, 59, 411-418. 

Many of the problems associated with total starvation can be avoided by feeding a very low energy intake, commonly 1-1.5 MJ/day, in specially formulated meal replacements that provide adequate intakes of vitamins and minerals. Such regimes have shown excellent results in the treatment of severe obesity. There is very much less loss of tissue protein than in total starvation, and with this small intake people feel less hungry than those who are starved completely. 

Nutrification—This is the practice of adding a proportion of vitamins and minerals (1) to a formulated or fabricated food or (2) to a grouping of foods marketed as a meal or meal replacer— for example, infant formulas and instant breakfast foods. 

Meal Replacements. These products, which are often in the form of beverage powders or sweetened bars, are designed to be consumed with milk, water, or other beverage In lieu of the various mixtures of foods which usually constitute a meal. Federal regulations require that a typical serving of an item designated as a "meal replacement" provide at least 25% of the Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) for certain specific nutrients. The macronutrients in these products are provided by various combinations of sugar, nonfat dry milk, soybean derivatives, and peanut butter and/or flour, whereas the required levels of micronutrients are usually met by fortification with selected minerals and vitamins. However, these products usually contain little or no fiber. 

Nutritional supplementation with meal replacement formulas (balanced protein, fat, and CHO) used to increase the protein intake of elderly subjects has failed to increase Nps.332 334However, Volpi et using a balanced mixture of AAs administered... 

Within a joint project, together with Gesellschaft fiir Marine Aquakultur, Biisum, Germany, rapeseed protein concentrates and isolates as fish meal replacers in the diets of common carp, turbot, wels catfish, turbot and rainbow trout were tested. The results are to be published by Slawski (2011) and Adem (2011). 

Slawski, H. 2011. Rapeseed protein products as fish meal replacement in fish nutrition. Dissertation, Christian-Albrechts-Universitat zu Kiel. 

Uses Binder, film-former for oral and topical pharmaceuticals, microencapsulation stabilizer for oil-in-water emulsions emulsifier, vise, modifier, dispersant in meal replacements... 

Uses Emulsifier, water binder, adhesion promoter for beverage emulsions and flavor encapsulation low vise, and high fiber for beverage mixes and meal replacers flavoring agent in food... 

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