Who bought Real Food Blends?
Nutricia
Nutricia, part of world-leading food, beverage and nutrition company Danone, today announced the acquisition of Real Food Blends. Real Food Blends was founded in 2012 by Julie and Tony Bombacino, who were inspired by their young tube-fed son, AJ, and a belief that we all deserve real food.
Is Real Food Blends nutritionally complete?
Real Food Blends™ are not a complete nutritional feeding but are intended to complement an enteral feeding formula by adding real foods to the diet. Each 8 fluid ounce (267g) portion delivers 10 grams protein, 20 grams fat and 29 grams of carbohydrate in 330 calories.
Can you make your own food for a feeding tube?
But with proper guidance, gastrostomy-fed people (who have a tube inserted into their abdomen that connects to their stomach) can have the option of making their own formula using whole foods — called blenderized feedings.
Can you eat Real Food Blends by mouth?
Our meals can be used by anyone with a feeding tube over the age of 1–we’re just talking about real food after all! Kids and adults who are oral eaters have foods like chicken, brown rice, and squash and that’s all that’s in Real Food Blends.
What foods can go in a feeding tube?
Foods that are popular for blending include sweet potatoes, bananas, quinoa, avocado, oats, nut and seed butters, chicken, yogurt, kefir, various grains, and milk (cow’s, soy, almond, coconut, etc). Other liquids include water, broths, and juices.
Can you blend food for a feeding tube?
Blenderized foods can be administered the same ways as regular canned formula—by gravity, bolus, or pump. However, most often they are infused into G-tubes (including PEG-tubes and low-profile devices) slowly with a 60 mL syringe, by using gentle pressure on the syringe plunger (called bolus feeding).
Can you put chicken broth in a feeding tube?
Nearly any food can be processed in a blender using fluid (milk, chicken broth, canned formula). This should be blended until smooth and thin enough to be passed through the tube. In this way, it’s possible for the patient to “eat” the same meal their family is eating.
What can you put through a feeding tube?
How many meals does real food blends have?
So now you know why we have simple, consciously-sourced, whole food ingredients in all six of our meals, but you might not know WHY we have six different meals. After all, in the past formulas for feeding tubes have been designed to have someone use the same formula all day, every day.
Are Danone and Nutricia the same?
Nutricia is a Danone brand that specialises in therapeutic food and infant formula, including medical nutrition for babies with specific needs. Acquired by Danone in 2007, which took over the “Nutricia” brand.