ElementGold Plus⁺ Chocolate

ElementGold Plus⁺ Chocolate is a tasty, nutritionally complete elemental shake, with added protein. It is formulated from the highest quality ingredients for rapid absorption and minimal triggering of sensitive digestive systems.

How is it different to the other flavours?

All flavours of ElementGold Plus⁺ share the same base nutrition. The different flavours vary in terms of protein, added sweetener and the flavourings. See the ElementGold Plus⁺ Overview Page for a comparison.

Whey Protein Isolate

Our bodies need more protein than we can provide using only free-form amino acids, notably for muscle maintainence, so ElementGold Plus⁺ Chocolate has added protein that was isolated from the liquid part of milk (whey), which is why the bottle must be labelled with 'Contains Milk'. The Ion-Exchange process used to isolate the protein results in a very high protein purity (97.7±0.7%) which also has a smooth texture and neutral taste. This contains no casein and a 325 mL serve of ElementGold Plus⁺ Chocolate contains only 0.07 g of lactose (the same as in only 1.1 millilitres of regular cows milk), which is low enough to make it suitable for most people with lactose intolerance. However, if you need to avoid the particular proteins or trace amounts of impurities found in milk whey, consider ElementGold Plus⁺ Vegan Unsweetened Caramel which adds protein extracted from rice.

Added Sweetener

ElementGold Plus⁺ Chocolate is pre-sweetened with fructose and dextrose for a rich chocolate taste. This means it is NOT a Low FODMAP food and will not be suitable for conditions where sugars need to be avoided, such as SIBO. In these cases consider one of the unsweetened flavours.

A Serve of ElementGold Plus⁺

A standard serve of ElementGold Plus⁺ Chocolate is made by mixing, shaking or blending (on low speed) 100 g of powder with 250 mL of cold water. Fats are omitted for tolerance reasons but your healthcare professional may ask you to add a fat source, such as flax seed oil.

Adding milk, fruit, honey or others foods to ElementGold may enhance the taste but it will no longer be considered an elemental food. Consume each shake immediately or cover and refridgerate, discarding unused portions after 4 hours.

How Many Serves?

A standard serve of ElementGold Plus⁺ Chocolate provides 1,560 KJ (372 kcal) of balanced nutrition. Adding 15 mL of flax seed oil brings a serve up to 2,100 KJ.

The amount of serves required is based on energy of the food ElementGold Plus+ is replacing. As an example, replacing 6,000 KJ of regular food would require 4 standard serves (6,240 KJ).

Note that as with all food on some days you may be more hungry than others and require more or less serves.

A 1 kg tub of ElementGold Plus⁺ Chocolate contains 10 x 100g serves.

Ingredients

INGREDIENTS: TAPIOCA MALTODEXTRIN, MILK PROTEIN (WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE), DEXTROSE, FRUCTOSE, FLAVOURING (COCOA POWDER, VANILLA FLAVOUR, CHOCOLATE POWDER, COCOA BUTTER), AMINO ACIDS (L-GLUTAMINE, GLYCINE, L-ASPARTIC ACID, L-TYROSINE, L-PROLINE, L-ALANINE, L-THREONINE, L-SERINE, L-GLUTAMIC ACID, L-CYSTEINE), MINERALS (POTASSIUM CITRATE, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE TRIBASIC, SODIUM CHLORIDE, MAGNESIUM CITRATE, FERRIC PYROPHOSPHATE, ZINC CITRATE, MANGANESE CITRATE, POTASSIUM IODIDE, SELENIUM METHIONINE, COPPER CITRATE, CHROMIUM PICOLINATE, SODIUM MOLYBDATE), VITAMINS (CHOLINE BITARTRATE, INOSITOL, VITAMIN E (D-ALPHA-TOCOPHERYL ACETATE), CALCIUM ASCORBATE, BETA CAROTENE, VITAMIN K1, RIBOFLAVIN, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, NIACINAMIDE, VITAMIN A ACETATE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, VITAMIN D3, BIOTIN, FOLATE (CALCIUM L-METHYLFOLATE), VITAMIN B12 (HYDROXOCOBALAMIN ACETATE)), BAMBOO EXTRACT.
CONTAINS MILK.