abstract |
The invention relates to a pea-based protein mixture and the use thereof in a nutritional liquid composition, in particular suitable for tube feeding, and further relates to the liquid nutritional composition for delivering a long-term complete enteric nutrition. to patients who need it. More specifically, the pea-based protein mixture and the liquid nutritional composition comprising said pea-based protein mixture comprises more than 25% by weight and up to 80% by weight of vegetable protein comprising a source of pea-intact protein and a source of intact soy protein. The invention further relates to a method for long-term enteric nutrition in patients in need thereof, which comprises administering an effective amount of the liquid nutritional composition comprising the pea-based protein mixture, in particular comprising an amount defined as intact pea protein and a second intact vegetable protein, different from pea protein. |