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

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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

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1. ↑ "Product Information".
2. ↑ "Novartis Drink Causes Long Lasting Erection".