Lofenalac

Lofenalac

Course	All
Place of origin	United States
Created by	Mead Johnson
Main ingredients	an enzymatic hydrolysate of casein
Variations	can be used to make ice cream, pudding, and cake
Food energy (per serving)	65 [1]   kcal (270  kJ)
Other information	Lofenalac Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) Energy 272.142 kJ (65.043 kcal) Carbohydrates 7.71 g Sugars 7.10 g Fat 2.4 g Saturated 0.33 g Monounsaturated 0.65 g Polyunsaturated 1.53 g Protein 2.14 g Vitamins and minerals Minerals Quantity %DV† Potassium 2% 66 mg Sodium 1% 31 mg Other constituents Quantity Water 87.10 g Ash 510 mg Source: [1]

Lofenalac (pronunciation:Lo-fen-alac) is a registered, trademarked infant powder formula prescribed to replace milk in the diets of phenylketonuria sufferers in the infant and child stage. It is not recommended for non-PKU patients. ^[2] In 1972, Lofenalac was declared a food by the FDA, for regulatory purposes. ^[3]

Initially the only available formula recommended was made by Mead Johnson. Others, including Albumaid XP, Cymogran, and Minafen, have since been developed in Britain. ^[4] Medical texts often recommend Lofenalac. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Lofenalac can be rather expensive to purchase and few retailers stock it. The taste and smell has been described by adult users as "medical" and offensive, ^[8] although infants do not mind the flavor and children often consume it without complaint for some years. ^[9]

See also

• Kuvan (trade name for the cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin in a pill form)
• Diet therapy

References

1. "Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, LOFENALAC, with iron, prepared from powder". Calorie Counter. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
2. "LOFENALAC®". RxMed: Pharmaceutical Information. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
3. Gregory, Arnall Golden (3 July 2013). "What kind of food am I? Medical food history, enforcement and future". Lexology. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
4. "Medical foods for the nutritional support of infant/toddler metabolic diseases". SureChem. 1996-08-27. Retrieved 16 April 2011. Patent Number: 5550146
5. Marlow, Dorothy R. (1969). Textbook of pediatric nursing (3rd ed.). Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co. p.  345. ISBN   0-7216-6097-5.
6. Roth, Ruth A.; Townsend, Carolynn E. (2003). Nutrition and diet therapy. Cengage Learning. p. 236. ISBN   978-0-7668-3567-2 . Retrieved 19 April 2011.
7. Stanfield, Peggy; Hui, Y. H. (2009-05-06). Nutrition and Diet Therapy: Self-Instructional Approaches. Jones & Bartlett Learning. pp. 396, 398. ISBN   978-0-7637-6137-0 . Retrieved 19 April 2011.
8. Brubacher, Joyce (April 17, 1995). "Formula companies respond". MSUD Family Support Group. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
9. Pillitteri, Adele; Nettina, Sandra M. (2003). Maternal & Child Health Nursing (4th ed.). Hagerstwon, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 1483. ISBN   0-7817-3628-5.

Resources

• O'Flynn, Margaret E. (August 1967). "Diet Therapy in Phenylketonuria" . Am. J. Nurs. 67 (8). doi:10.2307/3420702. JSTOR   3420702. S2CID   33692992.
• Acosta, PB; Wenz E; Williamson M. (February 1978). "Methods of dietary inception in infants with PKU". J Am Diet Assoc. 72 (2): 164–9. doi:10.1016/S0002-8223(21)05947-2. PMID   624812. S2CID   1628419.

External links

• US 4209531