I love cooking and preparing meals for the whole family. When my youngest son Maurits was just four years old, he suddenly couldn't eat with us anymore. He had an accident that caused severe brain damage. His motor skills were severely affected, and he could no longer chew or eat normally.

Gastric tube

He was given a gastric feeding tube. I had never heard of it before, but like many things in life, you get used to it. Along with the tube came tube feeding, a whole pallet delivered to our home every month. I even had to buy a shed because I couldn’t store it in the kitchen. That tube feeding didn’t resemble the food I cooked. It was milky, smelled odd, and was sticky. Maurits didn’t like it. Worse, he suffered from it. He vomited frequently, had reflux and constipation. It got so bad he could no longer use the school transport. The vomiting was so severe that the driver refused to continue. Something had to change.

Food should be enjoyable. It should nourish your body and give you energy. It should smell and taste like food. But Maurits’ tube feeding gave him none of that experience. It was functional, but even that was questionable because of the side effects. He was prescribed medication for the side effects, which came with more side effects. Time for change.

About ten years ago, I started blending my own meals. Within a month, I saw a different Maurits. I finally found a solution that worked for Maurits. We were able to reduce his medication. The vomiting stopped completely, and the other symptoms disappeared too. What a difference! I started studying liquid nutrition and learned various techniques to ensure the right nutritional value, energy content, and viscosity for proper administration. To this day, I enjoy giving Maurits his meals, and he enjoys them too. He can smell and taste his food again.

"Food should be enjoyable. It should nourish your body and give you energy."

Nutritional deficiencies

Preparing tube feeding yourself takes time, and you need some know-how, you don’t want your child to miss out on nutrients or risk clogging the tube. That’s why I started Newly Blend. We offer a standardized form of fresh, natural tube feeding. Easy to use and nutritionally complete.

Team of experts

Newly Blend offers four unique recipes developed by a team of nutrition experts. These blends have been extensively researched and tested. They are produced and packaged under the strictest food safety standards at our certified medical nutrition facility: Raaskal Foodcreators in Naaldwijk, the Netherlands.

The products are transported using temperature-controlled freezing logistics. We are fully committed to translating the latest scientific insights into our products.

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