PEDIASMART^® BEVERAGE

Ingredient List

Chocolate PediaSmart^® Ingredients: Organic Evaporated Cane Syrup, Organic Rice Oligodextrin, Organic Lactose Free Milk Protein Concentrate, Organic High Oleic Sunflower Oil, Organic Cocoa, Organic Soybean Oil, Organic Coconut Oil, Organic Vanilla, Natural Flavors, Organic Caramel (for color), Potassium Chloride, Choline Bitartrate, Calcium Phosphate, Sodium Chloride, Organic Soy Lecithin, Potassium Citrate, Magnesium Phosphate, Potassium Phosphate, Ascorbic Acid, Magnesium Chloride, Taurine, Natural Vitamin E Acetate, Ferrous Sulfate, Inositol, Biotin, L-Carnitine, Calcium Pantothenate, Niacinamide, Vitamin A Palmitate, Phytonadione (Vit. K1), Zinc Oxide, Cholecalciferol (Vit. D3), Thiamin Mononitrate (Vit. B1), Manganese Sulfate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vit. B6), Riboflavin (Vit. B2), Copper Sulfate, Cyanocobalamin (Vit. B12), Potassium Iodide, Sodium Selenate, Folic Acid, Chromium Chloride, Sodium Molybdate.

Vanilla PediaSmart^® Ingredients: Organic Rice Oligodextrin, Organic Evaporated Cane Syrup, Organic Lactose Free Milk Protein Concentrate, Organic High Oleic Sunflower Oil, Organic Soybean Oil, Organic Coconut Oil, Organic Vanilla, Natural Flavors, Potassium Citrate, Magnesium Phosphate, Potassium Phosphate, Potassium Chloride, Choline Bitartrate, Calcium Phosphate, Sodium Chloride, Organic Soy Lecithin, Ascorbic Acid, Magnesium Chloride, Taurine, Natural Vitamin E Acetate, Ferrous Sulfate, Inositol, Biotin, L-Carnitine, Calcium Pantothenate, Niacinamide, Vitamin A Palmitate, Phytonadione (Vit. K1), Zinc Oxide, Cholecalciferol (Vit. D3), Thiamin Mononitrate (Vit. B1), Manganese Sulfate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vit. B6), Riboflavin (Vit. B2), Copper Sulfate, Cyanocobalamin (Vit. B12), Potassium lodide, Sodium Selenate, Folic Acid, Chromium Chloride, Sodium Molybdate.

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Allergen Information

Contains milk, soy, and coconut ingredients

Lactose-free and gluten-free. Made without GMO ingredients and contains no palm olein oil, no corn or corn syrup, no hexane processed oils, and no peanut.

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Carbohydrates

PediaSmart^® does not contain table sugar (refined white sugar). The sources of carbohydrate in PediaSmart^® are organic rice oligodextrin and organic evaporated cane syrup. This proprietary carbohydrate blend in PediaSmart^® provides a steady supply of energy without any artificial stimulants. The organic rice oligodextrin is a bland tasting carbohydrate, is one-fifth as sweet as sucrose, and provides minimal sweetness to PediaSmart^®. Organic rice oligodextrin is made from organic whole rice using a natural hydrolysis process without the use of acids, alkalis or sulfites. The organic evaporated cane syrup has a higher sweetness level than organic rice oligodextrin, but offers the benefit of being organic and not highly processed like table sugar or corn syrup. This combination of organic rice oligodextrin and organic evaporated cane syrup gives PediaSmart^® its pleasant, but not too sweet, flavor enjoyed by children.

Organic rice is grown by certified organic rice growers without synthetic fertilizers, synthetic pesticides, and growth regulators. The organic growth process relies on crop rotations, legumes, green manures, mineral bearing rocks and biological pest control to maintain healthy soils, provide the rice plants with nutrients, and minimize insects, weeds and other pests. The organic rice oligodextrin is sourced from California where the rice fields serve as an important wetland habitat for resident birds and waterfowl and also as a wintering ground and food source for migrating ducks and geese from Canada and Alaska.

Organic evaporated cane syrup, a simple sugar, is a minimally processed organic sweetener with a light tan natural color and a neutral pleasant flavor which can be used as a substitute for refined white sugar. Organic evaporated cane syrup is not bleached or decolorized like refined white table sugar. Organic evaporated cane syrup comes from organic sugar cane grown under strict organic guidelines. The land must be free of herbicides, pesticides and chemicals. It is non-GMO. When the mature organic sugar cane is ready for harvest, it is "green cut" rather than burned to prevent pollution. Furthermore, "green cut" harvesting results in the tops and leaves of the plant being left in the field to return nutrients to the soil. A natural ground cover for weed control also results. This type of farming has a positive impact on the environment.

PediaSmart^® contains 31 grams of carbohydrate per 8 fluid ounce serving.

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Essential Fatty Acids

The proprietary fat blend in PediaSmart^® consists of organic high oleic sunflower oil, organic soybean oil, and organic coconut oil. These oils provide an appropriate level of alpha-linolenic and linoleic fatty acids that the human body can convert to DHA and ARA; fatty acids known to support brain and eye retina development.

All of these organic oils used in PediaSmart^® are expeller-expressed. This is a natural process that basically presses the oil from the high oleic sunflower, soybean or coconut.

Conventionally processed oils use hexane solvents to extract the oils (a petroleum by-product of gasoline refining). This harsh process then requires the oil to be flashed with fire to burn off the hexane solvents. Hexane residues can remain in the finished oils. We believe that hexane has no place in a child’s diet – even if only a residue. Also, USDA organic rules prohibit the use of solvent-extracted vegetable oils. So PediaSmart^® would not be labeled organic if we selected conventionally processed vegetable oils.

The amounts of linoleic fatty acid and linolenic fatty acid in PediaSmart^® are appropriate to support a child’s growth and development:

PediaSmart^® contains 9 grams of fat per 8 ounce serving.
PediaSmart^® contains 1900 milligrams of linoleic fatty acid and 140 milligrams of alpha-linolenic fatty acid per 8 ounce serving.

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DHA & ARA Fatty Acids

PediaSmart^® contains the precursor essential fatty acids, linolenic acid and linoleic acid, which the body uses to make the non-essential fatty acids, DHA and ARA. The body cannot make the essential fatty acids and they must be supplied by ingesting foods containing them. The amounts of linoleic fatty acid and linolenic fatty acid in PediaSmart^® are appropriate to support a child’s growth and development.

Other nutritional beverages add DHA to their product that is derived from algae (C. Chonii Oil). The process used to make the DHA from the algae uses hexane solvents, acid and bleach.* This source of DHA made by Martek Biosciences Corporation is also known as DHASCO^® (DHA Single Cell Oil) or life’sDHA^™. We are concerned about the serious issues raised by the Cornucopia Institute regarding this particular source of DHA and would never use an ingredient like this in our products. For additional information about the concern over this algal source of DHA, you may wish to visit the Cornucopia Institute’s website at www.cornucopia.org.

Because DHA can be made by the body, there are presently no specific recommendations on daily amounts of DHA. Dietary DHA is available from fish such as salmon, sardine, tuna, and lake trout. Fish sources may contain farm land chemical run-off and various toxins from ocean pollution including mercury so the FDA does warn that a young child’s consumption of certain fish should be restricted. As your child increases the variety of foods in his or her daily diet, remember that DHA can be formed from dietary linolenic acids. By including good sources of high quality fats in the diet, your child should be able to meet his or her specific fatty acid needs.

As previously mentioned, PediaSmart^® does contain very high levels of the essential fatty acids that the human body converts to DHA & ARA. PediaSmart^® contains 1900 milligrams of linoleic fatty acid and 140 milligrams of linolenic fatty acid per 8 ounce serving.

*Sam Zeller, Ph.D.; Martek Biosciences Corporation, Food & Drug Administration Agency Response Letter, GRAS Notice No. GRN 000137

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Milk Protein

The protein source in PediaSmart^® is organic milk protein concentrate. Organic milk protein concentrate is produced from organic skim milk through a process involving filtration, evaporation and drying. No harsh chemicals are used during processing. Organic milk protein concentrate is also pasteurized to assure that the product contains no pathogenic organisms. The organic skim milk used is from organic dairy herds that do not receive any antibiotics or growth hormone stimulants. Another feature of organic milk protein concentrate is it retains a significant amount of calcium from the organic skim milk thus helping to meet a child’s calcium needs for growing bones.

PediaSmart^® contains 7 grams of protein per 8 fluid ounce serving.

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