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Addressing Nutritional Risk in Children with Underlying Medical Conditions

Nutritionally complete oral and tube feeding solutions for children aged 1–12 years

Address Clinical Risks

Malnutrition in children is associated with impaired physical growth, delayed neurological development and reduced immune function.1,2

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Meet Different Feeding Needs

The Frebini range combines oral nutritional drinks and enteral tube feeds, enabling tailored nutritional support throughout a young patient's feeding journey.

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Aid Adherence

Frebini is available in tasty flavours to help your patients beat taste fatigue and stick to their care plans.

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Support Your Patients’ Development

For children, nutrition is critical for normal growth and development. Illness, feeding difficulties and underlying medical conditions can critically compromise nutritional intake during key periods of childhood growth, increasing the risk of disease-related malnutrition.2

The Frebini range of oral and enteral nutritional supplements are specifically designed to help you meet the needs of patients aged 1–12 years who are at risk of, or have, disease-related malnutrition.

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Flavour Variety to Support Acceptance and Long-Term Adherence

Palatability is a recognised barrier to sustained compliance in paediatric patients. Frebini ENERGY Drink and ENERGY FIBRE Drink are available in tasty flavours to support acceptance and reduce taste fatigue**.

Improved compliance supports adequate daily intake, contributing to weight gain and normal growth trajectories in children with disease-related malnutrition.4,5

Fresubin's Frebini ENERGY and ENERGY FIBRE range is available in a range of flavours including Vanilla, Chocolate, Banana and Strawberry.

Formats to Meet Individual Clinical Needs

The Frebini range* provides nutritional options across two energy densities and two delivery formats, enabling you to match the product to your patient’s clinical requirements, feeding methods and gastrointestinal tolerance.

Tube Feeds (500 ml bags):

  • Frebini® ORIGINAL – 1.0 kcal / ml
  • Frebini® ORIGINAL FIBRE – 1.0 kcal / ml
  • Frebini® ENERGY – 1.5 kcal / ml
  • Frebini® ENERGY FIBRE – 1.5 kcal / ml

Oral Nutritional Supplements (200 ml bottles):

  • Frebini® ENERGY Drink – 1.5 kcal / ml
  • Frebini® ENERGY FIBRE Drink – 1.5 kcal / ml
Fresubin's Frebini tube feeding range contains a variety of options, including 1.0 kcal/ml with standard energy density for lower requirements, and 1.5 kcal/ml as high energy densities are used in cases of poor volume tolerance. Fibre-free and fibre-containing options are available across both of these formats, and the range is prescribable on FP10/GP10 for qualifying indications.

Frebini factsheets can be downloaded here.

Frebini ENERGY / ENERGY FIBRE Factsheet

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Frebini_Energy_EnergyFibre_FS_HCP_Apr24.pdf
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Frebini ORIGINAL / ORIGINAL FIBRE Factsheet

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Frebini_Original_OriginalFibre_FS_HCP_Apr24.pdf
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Frebini ENERGY / ENERGY FIBRE Drink Factsheet

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Frebini_EnergyEnergyFibreDrink_FS_HCP_Apr24.pdf
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*Frebini products are food for special medical purposes, to be used under medical supervision. Not suitable for infants under 1 year of age or adults. Not suitable for patients with galactosaemia. For enteral use only. Ensure adequate fluid intake is maintained.

**SAM Sensory Test Results for Frebini® ENERGY Drink (N=61) according to QDA methodology. Sensory Test Results for Frebini® ENERGY FIBRE Drink (N=85), excluding Vanilla flavour.

 

References:

1) Joosten KF, Zwart H, Hop WC, Hulst JM. National malnutrition screening days in hospitalised children in The Netherlands. Arch Dis Child. 2010 Feb;95(2):141-5. doi: 10.1136/adc.2008.157255. Epub 2009 May 3. PMID: 19414435.

2) Beser OF, Carman KB, Cullu-Cokugras F, Dalgic B, Kansu A, Kantar M, Ozen H, Tekgul H, Unay B. Expert opinion on standard of care in pediatric malnutrition: a multidisciplinary perspective focusing on the context of ABCDs. Front Pediatr. 2026 Feb 26;14:1756490. doi: 10.3389/fped.2026.1756490. PMID: 41837188; PMCID: PMC12979436.

3) Hubbard GP, Fry C, Sorensen K et al. Energy-dense, low-volume paediatric oral nutritional supplements improve total nutrient intake and increase growth in paediatric patients requiring nutritional support Eur J Pediatr. 2020;179(9):1421-30

4) Francis DK, Smith J, Saljuqi T, Watling RM. Oral protein calorie supplementation for children with chronic disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 May 27;2015(5):CD001914. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001914.pub2. PMID: 26014160; PMCID: PMC4460719

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