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...the latest medical and scientific knowledge. What is Neocate Splash? Neocate Splash is a range of amino acid-based nutrition for individuals over the age of one. This range is ✓ Hypoallergenic ✓ Nutritionally complete ✓ Ready-to-feed ✓ Available in 4 great tasting flavors ✓ Ideal for oral and tube feeding This great new product is indicated for the dietary management of cow milk allergy, multiple food allergies, and related GI and allergic conditions, including eosinophilic...

...status. North American customers can contact our Neocate Nutrition Services team to request a copy of the certificates. Families in the UK can search the KLBD UK online database to see Nutricia products listed in their database. Nutricia only has official kosher certification for some Neocate products at this time. The Kashrut Division of the London Beth Din (KLBD), an independent, leading authority on kosher food and Jewish Law, is the certifying body for these...

...between these products, which might help you with this decision. As always, consult your healthcare team before making any formula switch, or if you or your child are ready to start using one of these formulas. Supplement or Sole Source? For some children, a Neocate product is used as a supplement to the diet, whereas for other children it is the sole or primary source of nutrition (meaning little or no nutrition comes from “regular”...

...I often get asked whether our Neocate® formulas have all the vitamins and minerals a child would need to thrive for all stages throughout their lives. The answer is yes; but I thought I should explain further what the term “nutritionally complete” really means. If a formula is considered nutritionally complete it can be used as a sole source of nutrition because it will provide all of the important carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins...

...Nutrition plays an important role in proper growth during childhood. Children with food allergies must restrict certain foods from their diet, which may make them susceptible to nutritional deficiencies and growth problems. In addition to restricting allergenic foods, some children with food allergies have feeding problems which further restrict their nutritional intake. In 2002, the Journal of the American Dietetic Association published research showing that children with two or more food allergies were...

...We’ve talked about Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS) in previous posts. Our last post on SBS talked about how the small intestine is the absorption hub on the GI tract. When part of the small intestine is removed, you lose that important area for water and nutrient absorption and your body is no longer able to utilize the food and liquid that you consume. For this reason, total parental nutrition (TPN) may be necessary at...

...Our guest blog today comes from Raquel Durban, a Registered Dietitian specializing in immediate and delayed food allergies in Charlotte, NC. Raquel is a medical advisory board member for the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Connection Team (FAACT) and an active participant in the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology (AAAAI), American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders (APFED) and International Network for Diet and Nutrition in Allergy (INDANA). We would like to thank Raquel...