100kcal Boosters

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These boosters are approximately 100 calories each. These boosters can be added to any appropriate meal to fortify it, or eaten as a snack to promote weight gain.

Food fortification means adding household ingredients to food/drinks to increase the nutritional content, without significantly increasing the portion size, taste or texture.

tsp = teaspoon = 5g tbsp = tablespoon = 15g

Savoury additions: Butter – 2 cubes Dried milk powder – 2 tbsp Full fat mayonnaise – 1 tbsp Full fat salad cream – 2 tbsp Ghee -1 tbsp Grated cheese – 3 tbsp Hummus – 2 tbsp Olive oil – 1 tbsp Peanut butter – 1 tbsp Pesto – 1 heaped tbsp linseed/chia seeds – 2 tbsp	Sweet additions: Chocolate hazelnut spread – 1 tbsp Condensed milk – 2 tbsp Double cream – 2 tbsp Dried milk powder/soy protein – 2 tbsp Golden syrup – 2 tbsp Ground almonds – 2 tbsp Honey – 2 tbsp Lemon curd/jam – 2 tbsp Plain yoghurt – 3 tbsp Sugar – 2 tbsp Coconut milk – 2tbsp
Savoury snacks: Beef jerky – 1 large piece Brazil nuts – 5 nuts Cheese – 1 matchbox size piece (25g) Cream crackers – 3 Crisps – Small bag Dolma – 2 pieces Falafel – 2 Peanuts/cashew/pistachio nuts – small handful/20g Pretzel – small handful/30g Rice cakes – 3 Samosa – 1 small Sourdough /rye bread – 1 slice	Sweet snacks: Banana – 1 small Chocolate – 3 cubes Chocolate digestives – 1 biscuit Dates – 6 or 2 medjool dates Dried apricots/prunes – 7 Ice cream – 1 scoop Jaffa cakes – 2 Malt loaf – 1 slice Mathri – 1 biscuit Rich tea biscuits – 3 Sultanas – 2 tbsp Sweets – small handful/20g Yoghurt – 1 small pot

Tip: Choose at least 5 booster examples to have each day to achieve the 500 extra calories required to help you gain weight.