Blenderized Tube Feeding
Healthcare Professional Tools
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Updated meals (2025)
Real Food Blends is the only range of 100% real food meals and snacks that offers nutritional variety. Each is made of 5-8 consciously-chosen ingredients, providing easy access to a true blenderized diet. Download the nutritional datasheets of our updated meals here.
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Nutritional Fact Sheets – Select 1.6 Cal/mL (launched 2024)
Real Food Blends Select Chicken and Turkey meals are the only 1.6 Cal/mL, high protein ready-to-feed meals for tube feeding made from 100% real food with no synthetic ingredients.
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Nutritional Fact Sheets - Previous Meals
These meals will be replaced by the updated meals in 2025. For more information about the changes to our meals, please visit realfoodblends.com/updates.
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Letter of Medical Necessity
We created a sample letter of medical necessity for healthcare providers to request insurance coverage of Real Food Blends® for their patients. You can complete the missing information and individualize the letter to suit your patient’s situation and needs. Please note: our Nutricia Navigator team is available to help your patients explore options for coverage and offer access assistance for Real Food Blends. If your patients need personalized support with product coverage call 1-800-365-7354 or email NutriciaNavigator@nutricia.com.
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Enteral Referral Order Form
This enteral order form is intended to be completed by a healthcare professional and sent directly to a DME/home infusion supplier.
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Real Food Blends Information Sheet
Learn more about Real Food Blends range of meals and snack. This overview includes key information, nutrients and product codes.
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How to incorporate sodium and calcium?
Real Food Blends is made from 100% real food and no synthetic ingredients. Our products do not contain dairy and are naturally low in sodium. This document will give you some examples of easy-to-add sources of calcium and sodium.
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Transition guide
This transition guide can be shared with your patients. It includes key information about Real Food Blends and how to transition to our meals. You can tailor recommendations to each patient’s needs.
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ASPEN Resources
Download Blenderized Tube Feeding resources from the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN). Nutricia North America proudly supports these tools.
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Meal Plans
Download sample blenderized meal plans. These provide examples of how to meet patients' daily nutrition needs using Real Food Blends.