Features
- Leucine-free to allow greater intake of intact protein
- Nutrient profile specifically designed for children and adults
- When fed according to the Abbott Nutrition Support Protocols, provides adequate amounts of all nutrients
- Provides approximately 30% of energy as fat to help supply essential fatty acids
- Contains isoleucine and valine to help prevent deficiency of these amino acids
- Powder fortified with glycine (2000 mg/100 g) to bind with acyl groups and help enhance their excretion in a nontoxic form
- Powder fortified with L-carnitine (1800 mg/100 g) to help supply amount normally found in foods of animal origin and help excrete toxic metabolites
This medical food should not be heated or used in cooking.
Precautions
- Give only to children and adults with proven disorders of leucine catabolism who are under medical supervision. Must be supplemented with protein and fluid in prescribed amounts to completely meet leucine and water requirements.
- Not for infants under 1 year of age
- Not for parenteral use
- Do not heat or use in cooking
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Ingredients
Unflavored Powder
- I-Valex-2 Powder Institutional / 14.1-oz (400-g) Can / Case of 6
Corn Syrup Solids, L-Alanine, High Oleic Safflower Oil, Coconut Oil, Sodium Citrate, L-Glutamic Acid, Soy Oil, L-Aspartic Acid, L-Arginine, L-Proline, L-Lysine Acetate, Calcium Phosphate, Glycine, L-Carnitine, L-Tyrosine, L-Phenylalanine, Magnesium Phosphate, Potassium Chloride, L-Serine, L-Threonine, Silicon Dioxide, L-Valine, L-Isoleucine, L-Histidine, DATEM
*, Potassium Citrate, Potassium Phosphate, L-Methionine, L-Cystine Dihydrochloride, L-Tryptophan, Calcium Carbonate, Ascorbic Acid, Taurine, Choline Chloride, m-Inositol, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Niacinamide, dl-Alpha-Tocopheryl Acetate, Calcium Pantothenate, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Mixed Tocopherols, Cupric Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Thiamine Chloride Hydrochloride, Vitamin A Palmitate, Riboflavin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Potassium Iodide, Chromium Chloride, Beta-Carotene, Biotin, Sodium Selenate, Phylloquinone, Sodium Molybdate, Vitamin D3, and Cyanocobalamin.
* An emulsifier
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