Frequently Asked Questions

Ensure® Life StrengthPro™

What is the age-range of the individual for whom Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ is suitable?

Ensure® Life StrengthProTM is suitable for adults aged 18 years old and above.

Can Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ be a meal replacement?

Yes, Ensure® Life StrengthProTM is nutritionally complete and balanced. Hence, it can be used as a supplement with or between meals, or as a meal replacement. It is also suitable for tube feeding.

Is this product suitable for vegetarians?

Ensure® products are suitable for vegetarians who do include milk in their diet (lacto-vegetarians). Please read the ingredient list to decide if the product is suitable for your personal diet preference. Consider Ensure®  Life StrengthPro™ Plant-Based which contains high-quality plant-based protein from soy, rice and quinoa.

Does Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ Wheat (or other flavours) contain a mixture of wheat and milk powder?

Ensure® Life StrengthProTM Wheat variant does contain ingredients from milk. However, it does not contain wheat. It is lactose and gluten free. This is true of Ensure® Life StrengthProTM with other flavors as well.

Is Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ suitable for people with diabetes?

Ensure® Life StrengthProTM is designed for individuals without diabetes. Another Abbott Nutrition product line, Glucerna®, is specifically designed for people with diabetes, as it contains a blend of slowly digested carbohydrate and, has a low Glycemic Index (GI).

Is Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ suitable for people with cancer?

Yes. Ensure® Life StrengthProTM is an excellent source of nutritional calories, that can support the higher energy needs of people with cancer. It also provides HMB; plus high-quality protein that supports muscle tissue building. Another Abbott nutrition product, ProSure®, is specially formulated for people at risk of or experiencing cancer-induced weight loss. It has an energy-dense, high protein formulation enriched with 1.1g of EPA^ per serving. Check with your doctor if Ensure® or ProSure® is suitable for you.

^EPA: EicosaPentaenoic Acid (an Omega-3 fatty acid derived from fish oil)

Is Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ sweet?

Ensure® Life StrengthProTM has a pleasant sweet taste. Ensure® Life StrengthProTM in Vanilla, Wheat and Coffee flavours has only 1.5 teaspoons of sugar per 230ml serve. This is less than the sugar content of our common favourite fruits such as medium sized-apples, pears and peaches! Sugar is added into Ensure® Life StrengthProTM to improve the taste of this nutrient-dense, complete and balanced nutrition supplement, so you can enjoy all of its delicious goodness.

Is Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ suitable for seniors above 70?

Yes, Ensure® Life StrengthProTM is suitable for healthy older adults and is to be used as part of a well-balanced diet within daily energy needs. Consult your healthcare professional on how to incorporate Ensure® into your diet.

What is the difference between Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ and Ensure® Plus?

Both Ensure® Life StrengthProTM and Ensure® Plus provide complete, balanced nutrition. However, Ensure® Plus is a ready-to-drink oral nutritional supplement while Ensure® Life StrengthProTM is a powder that needs to be mixed with water before consumption. Ensure® Plus is also more energy dense compared to Ensure® Life StrengthProTM. See the chart below for more details.

 Ensure® Plus  Ensure® Life StrengthProTM
Serving size  200 ml 230 ml  
Energy, kcal 300  262 
Protein, g  12.5 10.5  
Fiber, g0  2.5 
HMB, g  0 0.74  
FlavoursVanilla, Strawberry, Chocolate, Raspberry, NeutralVanilla, Wheat, Coffee, Chocolate, Strawberry, Plant-Based in Almond flavour 

What is the difference between Ensure® NutriVigor and Ensure® Life StrengthPro™?

Both Ensure® Life StrengthProTM and Ensure® NutriVigor provide complete, balanced nutrition with HMB; plus protein that supports muscle tissue building. However, Ensure® NutriVigor delivers more HMB, but less protein per serving compared to Ensure® Life StrengthProTM. See the chart below for more details.

 Ensure® NutriVigor Ensure® Life  StrengthProTM
Serving size 230 ml 230 ml
Energy, kcal231  262
Protein, g 8.61 10.5  
HMB, g  1.210.74
Fiber, g  1.68 2.5 
Vitamin D, IU  130  310  
Total Sugar, g  9.64  7.58  
Flavours Vanilla  Vanilla, Wheat, Coffee, Chocolate, Strawberry, Plant-Based in Almond flavour  

What is the difference between Ensure® Regular and Ensure® Life StrengthPro™?

Both Ensure® Regular and Ensure® Life StrengthProTM provide complete, balanced nutrition. However, Ensure® Life StrengthProTM has higher level of Vitamin D and protein that supports muscle tissure building. Ensure® Life StrengthProTM also contains fiber and HMB while Ensure® Regular do not. See the chart below for more details.

 Ensure® Regular Ensure® Life StrengthProTM
Serving size250
230 ml
Energy, kcal251 262 
Protein, g8.9 10.5 
Fiber, g 0 2.5 
HMB, g  0
0.74 
Vitamin D, IU 53 310 
Flavours Vanilla Vanilla, Wheat, Coffee, Chocolate, Strawberry, Plant-Based in Almond  flavour

What is the difference between Ensure® Life and the new Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ formula?

Other than being complete and balanced with 34 key nutrients and HMB: plus, protein, Ensure® Life StrengthProTM formula newly contains Yeast Beta Glucan and improved levels of key immunity nutrients (Vit E, Vit C, Iron). Enhance immunity support can improve muscle health.

What is Yeast Beta Glucan?

2 serves of new  Ensure® Life StrengthProTM  per day can deliver 250mg (125mg YBG/serve)

Yeast β-Glucan is a dietary fiber obtained from yeast. At dosage of 250mg/day, it is clinically shown to help support immune health. Positive outcomes1 includes significant reduction of URTI 1) incidence, 2) symptoms and 3) duration.

(Ref 1. Zhong K, Liu Z, Lu Y, Xu X. Eur J Nutr. 2021 Dec;60(8):4175-4187.)

Ensure® Life Plant-Based

What is the age-range of the individual for whom Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ Plant-Based is suitable?

Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ Plant-Based is suitable for adults aged 18 years old and above.

Can Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ Plant-Based be a meal replacement?

Yes, Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ Plant-Based is nutritionally complete and balance. Hence, it can be used as a supplement with or between meals, or as a meal replacement. It is also suitable for tube feeding.

Is this product suitable for vegetarians?

Yes, Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ Plant-Based is vegetarian-friendly. It has high quality triple-protein blend (soy, rice and quinoa) that supports muscle tissue building and growth too. Additionally, it contains a good plant-based fat blend with poly/mono unsaturated fatty acids and low saturated fat.

Is Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ Plant-Based suitable for people with diabetes?

Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ Plant-Based is designed for individuals without diabetes. Another Abbott Nutrition product line, Glucerna®, is specifically designed for people with diabetes, as it contains a blend of slowly digested carbohydrate and, has a low Glycemic Index (GI).

Is Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ Plant-Based suitable for people with cancer?

Yes. Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ Plant-Based is an excellent source of nutritional calories, that can support the higher energy needs of people with cancer. It also provides HMB; plus high-quality protein that supports muscle tissue building. Another Abbott nutrition product, ProSure®, is specially formulated for people at risk of or experiencing cancer-induced weight loss. It has an energy-dense, high protein formulation enriched with 1.1g of EPA^ per serving. Check with your doctor if Ensure® or ProSure® is suitable for you.

^EPA: EicosaPentaenoic Acid (an Omega-3 fatty acid derived from fish oil)

Is Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ Plant-Based sweet?

Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ Plant-Based has a pleasant sweet taste. Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ Plant-Based has only 7.58 g teaspoons of sugar per 230ml serve. This is less than the sugar content of our common favourite fruits such as medium sized-apples, pears and peaches! Sugar is added into Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ Plant-Based to improve the taste of this nutrient-dense, complete and balanced nutrition supplement, so you can enjoy all of its delicious goodness.

Is Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ Plant-Based suitable for seniors above 70?

Yes, Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ Plant-Based is suitable for healthy older adults and is to be used as part of a well-balanced diet within daily energy needs. Consult your healthcare professional on how to incorporate Ensure® into your diet.

What is the difference between Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ Plant-Based and Ensure® Plus?

Both Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ Plant-Based and Ensure® Plus provide complete, balanced nutrition. However, Ensure® Plus is a ready-to-drink oral nutritional supplement while Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ Plant-Based is a powder that needs to be mixed with water before consumption. Ensure® Plus is also more energy dense compared to Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ Plant-Based. See the chart below for more details.

 Ensure® Plus  Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ Plant-Based
Serving size  200 ml 230 ml  
Energy, kcal 300  262 
Protein, g  12.5 10.5  
Fiber, g0  2.5 
HMB, g  0 0.74  
FlavoursVanilla, Strawberry, Chocolate, Raspberry, Neutral  Vanilla, Wheat, Coffee, Chocolate, Strawberry, Plant-Based in Almond flavour 

Ensure® NutriVigor  

What is the difference between Ensure® NutriVigor and Ensure® Life StrengthPro™?

Both Ensure® Life StrengthProTM and Ensure® NutriVigor provide complete, balanced nutrition with HMB; plus protein that supports muscle tissue building. However, Ensure® NutriVigor delivers more HMB, but less protein per serving compared to Ensure® Life StrengthProTM. See the chart below for more details.

 Ensure® NutriVigor Ensure® Life  StrengthProTM
Serving size 230 ml 230 ml
Energy, kcal231  262
Protein, g 8.61 10.5  
HMB, g  1.210.74
Fiber, g  1.68 2.5 
Vitamin D, IU  130  310  
Total Sugar, g  9.64  7.58  
Flavours Vanilla  Vanilla, Wheat, Coffee, Chocolate, Strawberry, Plant-Based in Almond flavour  

Is Ensure® NutriVigor suitable for seniors above 70?

Yes, Ensure® NutriVigor is suitable for healthy older adults and is to be used as part of a well-balanced diet within daily energy needs. Consult your healthcare professional on how to incorporate Ensure® into your diet.

Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ Liquid

Is Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ Liquid suitable for seniors above 70?

Yes, Ensure® Life StrengthProTM Liquid is suitable for healthy older adults and is to be used as part of a well-balanced diet within daily energy needs. Consult your healthcare professional on how to incorporate Ensure® into your diet.

Is Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ Liquid suitable for people with cancer?

Yes. Ensure® Life StrengthProTM Liquid is an excellent source of nutritional calories, that can support the higher energy needs of people with cancer. It also provides HMB; plus high-quality protein that supports muscle tissue building. Another Abbott nutrition product, ProSure®, is specially formulated for people at risk of or experiencing cancer-induced weight loss. It has an energy-dense, high protein formulation enriched with 1.1g of EPA^ per serving. Check with your doctor if Ensure® or ProSure® is suitable for you.

^EPA: EicosaPentaenoic Acid (an Omega-3 fatty acid derived from fish oil)

Ensure® Max Protein

Is Ensure® Max Protein suitable for seniors above 70?

Yes, Ensure® Max Protein is suitable for healthy older adults and is to be used as part of a well-balanced diet within daily energy needs. Consult your healthcare professional on how to incorporate Ensure® into your diet.

How many servings of Ensure® Max Protein are recommended per day?

Depending on your nutritional goals and current diet, you may consume between 1-2 servings of Ensure® Max Protein per day. It can be used as a convenient on-the-go snack or to increase protein intake with meals.

Ensure® Plus

Is Ensure® Plus suitable for seniors above 70?

Yes, Ensure® Plus is suitable for healthy older adults and is to be used as part of a well-balanced diet within daily energy needs. Consult your healthcare professional on how to incorporate Ensure® into your diet.

What is the difference between Ensure® Life StrengthPro™ and Ensure® Plus?

Both Ensure® Life StrengthProTM and Ensure® Plus provide complete, balanced nutrition. However, Ensure® Plus is a ready-to-drink oral nutritional supplement while Ensure® Life StrengthProTM is a powder that needs to be mixed with water before consumption. Ensure® Plus is also more energy dense compared to Ensure® Life StrengthProTM. See the chart below for more details.

 Ensure® Plus  Ensure® Life  StrengthProTM
Serving size  200 ml 230 ml  
Energy, kcal 300  262 
Protein, g  12.5 10.5  
Fiber, g0  2.5 
HMB, g  0 0.74  
FlavoursVanilla, Strawberry, Chocolate, Raspberry, NeutralVanilla, Wheat, Coffee, Chocolate, Strawberry, Plant-Based in Almond flavour 

Ensure® Liquid

Is Ensure® Liquid suitable for seniors above 70?

Yes, Ensure® Liquid is suitable for healthy older adults and is to be used as part of a well-balanced diet within daily energy needs. Consult your healthcare professional on how to incorporate Ensure® into your diet.

Ensure® Compact

Is Ensure® Compact suitable for seniors above 70?

Yes, Ensure® Compact is suitable for healthy older adults and is to be used as part of a well-balanced diet within daily energy needs. Consult your healthcare professional on how to incorporate Ensure® into your diet.

Ensure® Plus Advance

Is Ensure® Plus Advance suitable for seniors above 70?

Yes, Ensure® Plus Advance is suitable for healthy older adults and is to be used as part of a well-balanced diet within daily energy needs. Consult your healthcare professional on how to incorporate Ensure® into your diet.

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