How much does a box of nutritional powder for the elderly cost?

Currently, the prices of nutritional powders for the elderly on the market range from 30 to 40 yuan to 300 to 400 yuan per box, depending on the formula, positioning and qualifications of the product. In the past two weeks, I accompanied my mother to the community supermarket to purchase. Most of the most common popular products on the shelves are 400g cans. They are high in calcium, sucrose-free, and high-quality protein. They are basically between 59 and 99 yuan. During store celebrations or holiday promotions, they often buy one and get one free. Many aunties in our community usually stock up on this kind. They make a cup every morning and have a bun. It is completely sufficient for daily nutrition and there is no burden.

If the elderly in the family have special physical needs, the price will go up a lot. My second uncle just had intestinal surgery last month and cannot eat anything too hard. The doctor specially recommended a fully nutritious elderly powder with special medical food qualification, which contains small molecule peptides, probiotics and is suitable for people after surgery. The trace element ratio is 289 for a box of 270g. When I went to the drugstore to buy it, I also saw a low GI model for diabetics with a similar price. Although it is two or three times more expensive than the ordinary model, my second uncle drank it for almost a month. During the re-examination, the nutritional indicators came up. It is indeed useful.

Nowadays, there is a lot of debate on the Internet about whether the more expensive the nutritional powder for the elderly, the better. Some people think that those selling for two to three hundred yuan are charging IQ taxes. The essence is not much different from those selling for tens of yuan. The extra money is all used for celebrity endorsements and advertising. I asked Fa Xiao who is a nutritionist before, and her opinion is actually quite neutral: If the elderly are healthy and want to supplement their daily calcium and protein, it is enough to choose affordable products from major manufacturers with regular food/health food batch numbers, and there is no need to pursue expensive ones. ； But if you have diabetes, chronic kidney disease, or restricted eating after surgery, regular special medical products with targeted formulas are expensive for a reason. The most feared ones are the three-in-one Internet celebrity models with the banner of "imported high-end" and "anti-cancer and anti-aging". I have seen someone selling the "Australian original" nutritional powder for the elderly, which costs 399 per box. No matter how much you click on the details page, you can't find the batch number. Don't touch it no matter how much it is sold. It's a small thing after paying the money. It's only troublesome if you eat it.