Boost (beverage)
Boost is the brand name of a line of products produced by Novartis Medical Nutrition.[1] It was recently featured in popular news reports after a man filed suit claiming that Boost Plus had caused his priapism.[2]
| Product | Calories | Protein | Fat | Carbohydrate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boost Drink | 240 | 10 | 4 | 41 |
| Boost Breeze | 160 | 8 | 0 | 31 |
| Boost Plus | 360 | 14 | 14 | 45 |
| Boost High Protein Drink | 240 | 15 | 6 | 33 |
| Boost High Protein Powder | 200* | 13 | 1 | 36 |
| Boost with Benefiber and FOS | 240 | 10 | 4 | 42 |
| Boost Pudding | 240** | 14 | 14 | 11 |
| Per 8-oz. serving, except: *Add skim milk to 8 oz., **5 oz. |
The ingredients of Boost Plus are common food products or vitamins, present at 3 to 100% of their recommended daily values. For example, the vanilla flavor contains:
water, corn syrup solids, sugar, milk protein concentrate, canola oil, high oleic sunflower oil, calcium caseinate, sodium caseinate, corn oil, and less than 1% potassium citrate, magnesium chloride, soy lecithin, calcium phosphate, salt, sodium ascorbate, beta carotene, biotin, niacinamide, calcium pantothenate, vitamin B 12, vitamin B6 hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamin hydrochloride, folic acid, potassium iodide, magnesium phosphate, artificial flavor, choline chloride, vitamin E acetate, vitamin A palmitate, vitamin D3, vitamin K1, carrageenan, potassium chloride, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, cupric sulfate, chromic chloride, sodium molybdate, sodium selenite, ferrous sulfate.