ENSURE SHAKE
WHY HAVE I BEEN RECOMMENDED ENSURE SHAKE?
If your healthcare professional thinks that you are malnourished and your muscles are getting weaker, they may recommend Ensure Shake to help you get the nutrients you need.
WHAT IS ENSURE SHAKE?
Ensure Shake is an oral nutritional supplement that comes in a powder, which can be made up into a milkshake-style drink. The shakes contain a blend of protein, vitamins, minerals, and energy (calories).
Each box has 7 single serving sachets of Ensure Shake powder in one of the following flavours: banana, chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla. When mixed with whole milk, Ensure Shake powder makes a delicious milkshake.
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION
Nutritional information | Per serving* (1 sachet +
| Per serving* (1 sachet + 200 ml
|
|---|---|---|
Energy kj | 1335 | 1613 |
Energy kcal | 319 | 386 |
Protein g | 13.7 | 17.2 |
HOW DO I TAKE ENSURE SHAKE?
Your healthcare professional will tell you how much Ensure Shake you need and how often to drink it. Everyone is different, so this guidance will be unique to you.
Ensure Shake can be made up as standard or with half the milk for a smaller drink. The compact version may be better for patients who struggle to drink a lot of fluid at a time.
How to use Ensure Shake powder to make a tasty milkshake:
- Unless you have been told by HCP otherwise, use chilled whole (full fat) milk.
- Measure 200 ml in a measuring jug. For the smaller, compact shake, use 100 ml.
- Carefully open one sachet of Ensure Shake powder and empty the contents into a glass.
- Add a little of the milk to the powder and mix with a fork until smooth.
- Pour the rest of the milk into your glass and stir into the powder mixture until smooth.
o You can also use a shaker bottle, if you have one, to measure and mix your shakes.
o For an extra frothy shake, use a shaker or electric blender. - Your shake is ready to drink.
Once made up, you can use Ensure Shake vanilla as a tasty alternative to milk in rice pudding or on breakfast cereal.
Ensure Shake chocolate flavour also makes a delicious hot chocolate drink. Just make sure you don’t let it boil as this can damage some of the ingredients and make the drinks less effective. You can serve this topped with mini marshmallows.
This supplement is usually taken in addition to your meals. You can try having it as a mid-morning or evening snack or add it to your normal meals for extra variety.
HOW DO I STORE ENSURE SHAKE?
Store your unopened Ensure Shake sachets in a cool, dry place – not in the fridge.
Once made up with milk, cover any unused shake and store in the fridge until needed. Give it another stir or shake if it has been sitting for a while.
You can keep your shake in the fridge for up to 24 hours. Do not use after this time.
IS ENSURE SHAKE SUITABLE FOR MY SPECIFIC DIETARY REQUIREMENTS?
Ensure Shake is gluten free. It is suitable for vegetarians.
Banana, strawberry and vanilla flavours are suitable for Halal diets.
Product Name | Suitable for
| Suitable for
| Suitable for
| Gluten free |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ensure Shake | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Footnotes:
*The nutritional values listed are representative of vanilla flavour. The nutritional values of other flavour presentations will differ slightly.
†Chocolate flavour is not suitable for Halal diets.
**Vitamin D is synthesised from cholesterol, extracted from the grease in wool sheared from live sheep.
Please note, Ensure Shake is produced in a factory that handles celery, egg, mustard and soya.
§Manufacturing site is not halal and kosher certified
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