Enteral nutrition products may include oral nutritional supplements, tube feeding solutions, nutritional powders, and texture-modified nutrition products.
Enteral nutrition for every stage of care
Addressing diverse nutritional challenges across patient populations
Good nutrition is a fundamental part of health, yet many people face challenges that make it difficult to meet their nutritional needs. Enteral nutrition is the delivery of nutrients through the digestive system, orally or through feeding tubes, when eating and drinking are insufficient or not possible. Enteral nutrition products formulated to support individual nutrition needs can help support recovery, maintain nutritional status, and improve quality of life. At Fresenius Kabi, we provide a comprehensive portfolio of enteral nutrition solutions designed to support healthcare professionals and patients across a wide range of health conditions and care settings.
Why specialized nutrition matters
Disease-related malnutrition is a significant challenge across healthcare settings and patient populations. Nutritional needs can change because of illness, treatment, surgery, age-related conditions or impaired ability to eat and drink normally. Enteral nutrition provides science-based nutritional support for patients who cannot meet their nutritional needs through a normal diet alone, helping healthcare professionals deliver appropriate nutrition across hospital, community and homecare settings.
Specialized enteral nutrition can help support patients facing:
- Healthy aging and geriatric care
- Cancer and oncology treatment
- Recovery before and after surgery
- Critical illness and intensive care
- Digestive and absorption disorders
- Kidney health concerns
- Liver disease
- Blood sugar management
- Swallowing difficulties (dysphagia)
- Pediatric nutritional needs
Because nutritional issues and requirements vary from person to person, healthcare professionals need solutions that can be tailored to specific clinical needs, treatment goals and lifestyle needs. Whether supporting recovery, maintaining nutritional status or addressing disease-specific nutritional requirements, nutrition remains an important component of comprehensive patient care.
Helping patients maintain nutritional status and quality of life: the role of enteral nutrition
Enteral nutrition can play an important role when normal food intake is insufficient, difficult or impossible. By providing carefully formulated nutritional support, enteral nutrition products can help patients meet nutritional requirements for calories, protein, vitamins and minerals to support their care.
Nutritional support may help patients:
- Maintain or improve nutritional status
- Support recovery from critical illness or surgery
- Address disease-specific nutritional requirements
- Manage changing nutritional needs throughout treatment
- Continue nutrition support in both clinical and home settings
Oral, tube feeding and texture-modified solutions
Addressing diverse nutritional requirements.
Supporting care across hospital, community and homecare settings
Nutrition support throughout the patient journey.
A comprehensive nutrition portfolio: nutrition solutions across the full spectrum of patient needs
Our Medical Nutrition business provides a broad portfolio of enteral nutrition products designed to support patients across multiple disease areas, life stages and care settings. We support healthcare professionals with nutritional solutions designed for use in hospitals, home care settings and pharmacies, helping ensure patients receive appropriate nutritional support throughout their care journey.
Our portfolio includes nutritional supplements that address a broad spectrum of patient needs.
- Oral nutrition supplements: For patients who can continue to eat and drink, ready-to-drink nutrition solutions designed to provide convenient supplemental or complete nutrition, with a range of calorie and protein options as well as disease-specific formulations.
- Tube feeding solutions: Specialized formulas for patients who cannot meet their nutritional needs through oral intake alone, with formulations designed for diverse clinical requirements and supporting devices for delivery. Learn more about our nutrition delivery systems.
- Nutritional powders: Products designed to provide complete nutrition, supplement dietary intake or deliver targeted nutritional support.
- Texture-modified nutrition: Pre-thickened drinks, food and beverage thickeners to support patients with swallowing difficulties.
Fresubin nutritional products
Fresubin is our range of enteral nutritional products designed to help close the gap between daily food intake and the body’s nutritional needs. The portfolio includes ready-to-drink beverages, yogurt-style supplements, powders and tube feeding solutions. Fresubin formulations are designed to support patients with different nutritional requirements.
Nutrition to meet patients where they are
From oral nutritional supplements and powders to tube feeding and dysphagia solutions, our enteral nutrition portfolio is designed to support the changing nutritional needs of patients throughout their healthcare journey. By applying clinical expertise and nutritional science to our broad range of products, we help healthcare professionals deliver individualized nutrition care across a wide range of disease states, care settings and life stages.
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FAQ
Enteral nutrition is the delivery of nutrients through the digestive system, either orally or through a feeding tube, when normal food intake is not possible or does not adequately meet nutritional requirements.
Patients experiencing disease-related malnutrition, recovery from critical illness, surgery, swallowing difficulties, digestive disorders, or other conditions affecting nutritional intake may benefit from enteral nutrition.
Yes. Depending on clinical needs and healthcare professional guidance, enteral nutrition may be used in both healthcare facilities and home care settings.