Elemental formulas contain
a. partially or fully hydrolyzed nutrients.
b. the basic intact nutrients of an adequate diet.
c. elemental minerals in a readily bioavailable form.
d. single macronutrients such as glucose po-lymers, protein, or lipids.
A
Elemental formulas contain partially or fully digested nutrients. They generally provide an ade-quate diet, but do not contain intact, undigested nutrients. They do not necessarily contain spe-cific forms of minerals. Formulas that contain a single macronutrient are called modular formulas.
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