PRODUCTO NUTRICIONAL ENTERAL ELEMENTAL QUE CONTIENE PROTEINA DE SOJA HIDROLIZADA Y CASEINATO PARCIALMENTE HIDROLIZADO

Un producto nutricional líquido elemental que comprende: a) un sistema de proteína que comprende; i) de aproximadamente el 40% p/p a aproximadamente el 90% p/p de hidrolizado de proteína de soja, ii) de aproximadamente el 10% p/p a aproximadamente el 60% p/p de caseinato parcialmente hidrolizado en el que: a) la fracción del caseinato que tiene un peso molecular mayor de 10.000 daltons pero menor de 25.000 daltons, es al menos el 26% p/p del caseinato total presente y no es mayor de aproximadamente el 55% p/p del caseinato total presente y b) la fracción del caseinato que tiene un peso molecular de menos de 14.000 daltons, es menor de aproximadamente el 20% p/p del caseinato total presente, y, iii) opcionalmente, de aproximadamente el 0% p/p a aproximadamente el 10% p/p de arginina; b) una fuente de lípido, y; c) una fuente de carbohidrato. The present invention is directed to an elemental liquid nutritional product useful for providing nutrition to a patient having a malabsorption condition by enterally feeding to the patient a nutritionally effective amount of the liquid nutritional products of the present invention. One nutritional product of the present invention includes a protein system in which at least 65 w/w % of said proteins have a molecular weight of less than 5,000 daltons. The proteins system includes soy protein hydrolysate, and partially hydrolyzed caseinate. The preferred products further include a structured lipid formed from marine oil and medium chain triglyceride oil. Palatability of elemental nutritional products has been improved by keeping caloric density in a range from 0.60 kcal/ml to about 1.05 kcal/ml and incorporating sufficient amounts of selected palatability enhancers.