Turning a shake to a mousse?

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A few years ago you could buy a gelatine powder that could thicken a diet shake into a mousse ( if you used a bit less water and whisked it cold).
I'd like to do the same thing for an elderly relative who has been prescribed high calorie shakes but finds them unpalatable.
Can anyone advise where I might find something similar?
Thanks

You could add jelly crystals and whizz it up with blender or there are Dr Okter gelatine sachets.

Can you not just use jelly cubes? Dissolve with boiling water, leave to cool then stir in the made up cold high calorie shake and leave to set?

Waitrose, Sainsburys and Amazon all sell powdered gelatine

Xanthan gum might work. I use it when making ice cream and it thickens the mixture and makes it bubbly.

You can still get packets of gelatin in most supermarkets in the home baking isle.

I'd be tempted to get a tub of Ben and Jerry's , a bowl of that will be the same calories and a lot nicer 😉

We can do that to get her to eat calories, but I'd quite like to get the vitamins and minerals in too. But thanks. 🙂

There’s specialist thickeners they have that you add to liquids on the ward I’m on in hospital. It might be a prescription product.

it might be worth asking for a referral to a dietician or asking your gp for different options.

I cannot stomach Fortisip but fortijuice isn’t so bad.

I’ve also been told, if I make a hotel chocolat Velvetiser hot chocolate twice a day with blue milk & take a multivitamin, she’s happy.

im here for gastroparesis so it’s not quite the same situation but sometimes finding small wins is the key.

Take a look here

https://www.mkuh.nhs.uk/patient-information-leaflet/thickened-drinks

If you google ‘water thickener’ I think it’s the nestle one they use on the ward but Amazon sells different types like Thick & Easy.

If it’s needed you can get a prescription to reduce the financial burden.

Good luck.

Thank you. I found one that is part of the Cambridge diet range. Sprinkle it on and whisk until frothy, spoon into a bowl and leave for 15 minutes. I'll try it with fortisip as she doesn't mind the taste; it's just drinking that volume she is struggling with. They have also given her Ensure powder, so I thought I'd try making that with less water/milk, moussing it and then stirring in a swirl of peanut butter. She used to love nuts and seeds but struggles with her teeth now and gets tired of chewing.
Apparently it can be frozen to make a sort of ice cream too so I'll try that.
Again, thank you all for your advice.

The meal replacement shakes don't need gelatine. Just use 100ml water instead of the normal bigger amount and really whisk it when making it up and you end up with mousse.

If you get chocolate shake then try making it up like normal then putting it in a mug and microwaving it to turn it into hot chocolate the. Tastes better for some reason. They also taste better if blitzed with ice to turn them into a frappe.

Those shakes are always a bit bleugh at room temperature I find.

Blitz chia seeds in a blender/spice grinder. They make a mousse and are high in protein and omega 3.

I remember once a patient's family mentioning 'Thick and Easy'?

supplements are also available in the form of mousses/puddings/custards. Chat to whoever has prescribed them and ask for some samples. They could change the prescription if you find something your relative prefers.

Working in cellar door once, someone in a wheelchair came in and her carer added pectin, from memory, to the wine taster and spoon fed her. So that can’t affect taste very much.

Just remembered this place too, they do meals in a variety of 'mushiness' now I appreciate blitzed beans may not be very appealing, but they also do smooth textured puddings, so if she likes desserts that might be a winner.

My nan in law loves their meals, says they're really tasty and a friend had their chicken soup in hospital recently and said it was the best chicken soup she'd ever had.

wiltshirefarmfoods.com/ready-meals/level-4-meals

Alternatively would she eat the pots of ambrosia custard. It's not massively nutritious but if the goal is calories then it would help with that, and the mini pots for kids have added calcium and vit D.