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Who is Diben for?

Living with diabetes presents challenges that can feel contradictory: managing blood sugar levels, while also achieving your nutritional needs. Offering diabetes-specific support, the Diben* range can help with both.  

If you're experiencing unintentional weight loss, poor appetite, or avoiding certain foods due to concerns about blood sugar, speak with a healthcare professional about tailored support.

A lady enjoys Fresubin's Vanilla-flavoured Diben Drink that offers energy and glycaemic control to those with diabetes.

Diabetes and Oral Nutritional Support

Managing your diabetes and your nutrition should not be a challenge. Diben products help you regain control with specially developed formulas to fuel your life. 

  • Low Glycaemic Index (GI) category and modified carbohydrate profile to minimise blood glucose fluctuations

  • Tailored nutrient profile including favourable fats, and fibre, to support gut health and blood sugar control1-5.  

Fresubin's Diben range offers a selection of nutritional support options for those with diabetes, including Diben Vanilla-flavoured POWDER to suit a range of energy needs, as well as Cappuccino- and Apricot-Peach-flavoured Diben 2 KCAL CRÈME to support those with diabetes and dysphagia.

Regaining Control with Diben

Learning to incorporate oral nutritional supplements does not need to make daily life more complicated. Diben products can be taken with or between meals, with ingredients tailored to the needs of diabetes patients. 

With a variety of flavours and formats, you have the choice to find out which options you like most, finding what is right for you to live life to the fullest. 

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A woman holds enjoys Fresubin's Fruits-of-the-Forest-flavoured Diben Drink to support his nutritional needs and diabetes management.

*Diben® products are food for special medical purposes, to be used under medical supervision. For the dietary management of patients with/at risk of malnutrition, especially with impaired glucose metabolism. 

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7The IDDSI Framework (the Standard). Online at: https://www.iddsi.org/standards/framework.