Gel Pack Dinner Replacement

[Nemo]

Anyone know anything about these things?

Nemo

https://www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/hope-gel-food-for-the-poor-charity/2017/12/13/id/831540

Gel-Packet Meal Replacements Pack Nutritional Punch
By Nick Tate    |   Wednesday, 13 Dec 2017 12:50 PM

A South Florida charity is making nutritional news with a small meal-replacement gel-packet the organization is delivering to malnourished children in Guatemala.

The lightweight HopeGel nutrition packets are fortified with vital lifesaving protein, vitamins, minerals, good fats and calories. They can be eaten straight out of a small disposable pouch and do not need to be refrigerated, cooked or mixed with water.

The company that makes the HopeGel packets is working through the South Florida charity, Food For The Poor, to supply more than 34,000 of the meal replacements to two nutritional centers in Guatemala and plans to send packets to two more centers.

HopeGel was started in 2012 by Dr. Nathan Feldman and Daniel Schapiro, founders of EB Performance, a South Florida-based functional beverage company, in partnership with Dr. Jeffrey Miller, a urologist at Boca Raton Regional Hospital, and the Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation to address malnutrition in children.

The HopeGel team and Food For The Poor previously have teamed up to distribute more than 33,000 nutritional packets to malnourished children in Haiti.

In August, Miller and his wife, nurse Rachel Miller, and their daughter, Amanda, traveled with Food For The Poor to Guatemala to see how children have benefitted from the nutritional packets.

“After three months [of receiving the HopeGel packets], there was tremendous weight gain and an increase in mental sharpness. Their appetite returned,” Miller said. “You could see the overall happiness of the children.”

Guatemala suffers from one of the worst rates of chronic malnutrition in the world.

“It is heartbreaking to watch a mother who knows her children are suffering from malnutrition and has nothing to offer them,” said Food For The Poor Executive Director Angel Aloma. “Mothers will be happy to see their children get to a normal size and weight for their age. HopeGel is truly providing these mothers and their children with hope.”

Dozens of children every month are receiving the packets at two Guatemala centers – Sister Edna’s Nutritional Center and Sor Lucia Roge Nutritional Center.

Young patients must eat one to two packets a day until they return to a normal weight, which typically occurs between three and six months.

“It was very humbling walking through the little towns,” Miller said. “People would walk up to us, hug us and thank us. It’s very, very rewarding knowing that HopeGel is having such a positive impact.”

For more information visit the Food For The Poor Website.

[Kbop]

it sounds like a variation on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumpy%27nut
The UN and Médecins Sans Frontières has published recipes - several countries make it to treat malnutrition in children. 

https://www.cbsnews.com/videos/miracle-food-saves-lives/

[Nemo]

The wiki link below (from above post) lists a 2 year shelf life.  If that could be stretched out some it could be an excellent box to keep in a corner of the back room.  Good price and and 500 calories per pack.  $150 and you are covered foodwise for 5 months.  Not bad at all.  Boring but not starving.

Nemo

https://www.thelevelmarket.com/plumpynut

Plumpy'Nut
Unit Price: $50.00
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Price is for 150 packets/box.

Plumpy’Nut is used to rehabilitate children six months of age and older who are diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition. Severe acute malnutrition should be diagnosed using a weight-for-height z score of <3SD or mid-upper arm circumference of <11.5 cm, or any child with bilateral pitting edema. To ensure a regular supply, reliable treatment, nutrition monitoring and weekly follow up care, Plumpy’Nut should be distributed through a structured and ongoing nutrition program with trained staff.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumpy%27nut

Plumpy'Nut, a ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF)
Nutritional value per 92 g
Energy    2,100 kJ (500 kcal)
Vitamins
Vitamin E    
(123%)
18.4 mg
Minerals
Calcium    
(41%)
414 mg
Iron    
(85%)
11 mg
Other constituents
Ingredients    peanut paste, vegetable oil,
powdered milk, powdered sugar,
vitamins, minerals

    Units
    μg = micrograms • mg = milligrams
    IU = International units

Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults.

[Kbop]

if you want to feed it to an adult, you'll need to cut down the oils and add fiber.
...  less peanut butter and some metamucil?

Nemo - give this a read;  Soylent
Its made for adults. (i've never tried it).

[Nemo]

I have heard of that and a guy on another forum tried it.  Said it was ok, and kept him reasonably healthy for 60 days, but boring as can be.


But Remember!!!

Nemo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UPDUpjkHg0

[Nemo]

I have heard of that and a guy on another forum tried it.  Said it was ok, and kept him reasonably healthy for 60 days, but boring as can be.


But Remember!!!

Nemo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UPDUpjkHg0

Why does this limit me to posting a link?  Just prior to hitting post button the video showed up on a preview click.  Then just lots of space and small white lettered link.

Nemo

[Grudgie]

I have never had any of this, but I have tried two different “all in one foods”. I tried Soylent back in the day and I am currently trying Huel. Both are powders that you mix with water and contain all the calories/vitamins/minerals the human body needs. It tastes like oat water but it keeps you healthy. Many people experiment with different flavours to make it taste better like cinnamon, cocoa, coffee etc.

[Nemo]

Soylent Green Is People!!!. . .  Charleton Heston

Nemo

[Kbop]

Why does this limit me to posting a link?  Just prior to hitting post button the video showed up on a preview click.  Then just lots of space and small white lettered link.

Nemo

it does the same to me too.

Check with JM, he seems to be an expert