ILuvChubbyChix:
First of all, are you sure? I think you may have read the label incorrectly.
Ensure Plus, and any of it's related knock-off products, are about 350 calories per bottle, which contains 1 cup (8 fluid ounces, about 237 mL).
There is something called Boost VHC (Very High Calorie) that's 530 calories per 1 cup bottle, but it's extremely expensive for what you get, at a staggering more than $2 USD per bottle. I'm about 99.99% sure there is no product of a similar type that has a higher calorie density than that.
What you described would contain 580 calories per cup, which so far as I know doesn't exist. If you can provide a link to the exact product in question, I would be very curious. I feel like if such a thing were to exist, I would already know about it.
That said, I do like Equate Plus, which is Wal-Mart's knock-off brand of Ensure Plus. I know Wal-Mart doesn't exist in the UK, but the point is I'm familiar with those types of products. For any American readers, Kroger also has a similar knock-off product called Fortify Plus, which is almost as cheap as Equate Plus.
Not really an answer, but more of an idea. One very simple recipe is to mix 1 cup of Ensure with 1 cup of heavy cream (or double cream in the UK). Stir with a straw, then enjoy. It tastes kind of like a melted milkshake, except thicker and less sweet.
The catch of doing so, is it can have an effect of suppressing appetite, which is why I say to only have it before going to sleep.
It's also a pretty high fat diet, so you might not want to do that every day, although I think you'll find yourself skipping some days.
I also must emphasize, for anyone reading, that most of your calories should not come from these sources. Also, for some reason, it seems to work best shortly after you ate something. So for example, drinking this after eating say, a couple double burgers or a proper meal yields better results.
In 2023, I gained about 20 lbs. While I don't know if I can credit this exclusively to these shakes, but they likely helped.
Anyway, if you drink these straight, not mixed in with anything, at least the chocolate flavored ones, can taste a lot like chocolate milk, though might be slightly oily, and quite sweet, maybe almost too sweet. I don't know how many of those you can drink in one sitting, though I'd expect anywhere between 2 to even 4 of them shouldn't be too hard.
88BeckyBB:
My bad I’m forgetting myself these that I have are the fortisip compact which are 306 Cals in a 125ml bottle I was thinking as part of my meals as a cheeky extra pudding hehe
As a general rule of thumb, don't go crazy with those kinds of drinks.
Nutritional drinks are made for those struggling to get all the nutrients they need for one reason or another. As such, they are chock full of protein, vitamins and minerals.
I know I usually harp on people to get more nutrition in you, but it is possible to get too much.
At first, it won't be a big deal. Your body largely pisses out what it doesn't need. But over time, you can end up with things like vitamin toxicity or your kidneys shut down from consuming too much protein.
This is one of the reasons gainers that use this method either drink it occasionally or in small amounts over time.
