Over the last few years, we have been witness to the significant growth and widespread use of Enteral Nutrition Formulas. This type of food is employed in conjunction with monitored nutritional support, ensuring that each patient receives the correct nutritional elements appropriate to his or her nutritional and metabolic needs.

Enteral Nutrition Formulas aim to prevent, repress or correct malnutrition, a catalytic factor in death and a physical state that often leads to heightened morbidity. These foods are also designed to improve standards of nutritional appraisal, prevent nutritional deficiencies, nourish vital organs and promote their healthy functioning. They have been proven to enhance clinical findings and have a positive influence on the course of illness.

About 70 years ago, the definition of food for special dietetic needs was “food that provided better nutrition than that of a regular diet.” Enteral Nutrition Formulas are a category of foodstuffs for special dietetic consumption, produced specially to provide partial or complete nutrition for patients with eating limitations or for those who cannot digest normal food. They are also used as nutritional treatment for people for whom a change in regular diet is insufficient.

Amongst professionals (dietitians, doctors, nurses, etc.) it is now clear that feeding someone this type of food is a healthy, correct and acceptable way of supplying the nutritional needs of a particular patient, whether in hospital or in a community setting.
It also speeds up the healing process, enhances post-operational rehabilitation, prevents malnutrition and is a perfect nutritional solution for clinical and functional improvement.

As the years have passed, demographic changes have led to an increase in the range of cases and diseases – as well as the age spectrum – of people requiring Enteral Nutrition Formulas. Accumulated experience and knowledge has been an important catalyst in the process of developing new products or improving existing ones and making them more accessible. There is now an extensive range of products available to those in need and to those who care for them.

There are many ingredients added to Enteral Nutrition Formulas that have clinically proven health benefits. For example, they have been successfully used to treat conditions such as kidney ailments, intestinal diseases, diabetes/ hyperglycemia, and more.
The vast amount of people now using Enteral Nutrition Formulas is fine testimony to their successful and positive contribution to modern medicine.