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.

References[edit | edit source]

[1] "Product Information".

[2] "Novartis Drink Causes Long Lasting Erection".

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