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My son has been gaining weight slowly. The gastrointerologist recommended I give him 2 cans of Pediasure every day. (Eww.) http://pediasure.com/Products Basically fat, sugar, soy protein, and vitamins, plus a bunch of other waste products that don't have to be in there. I think I could do better than that with what we've got in the fridge.I am experimenting with some alternative "Pediasures"- basically whole food high-cal, high-nutrient smoothies.I made one tonight that looks like green tea ice cream and tastes like lime and coconut! Yum. As I was making it I felt sinister, like a kid making "potions" again. I couldn't believe it was palatable, but I swear it tastes good. (And I hate things like energy bars...) I think I'm going to freeze some of it into popsicles...I thought it was impressively comparable in nutrition to Pediasure considering it was just basically a shot in the dark with whatever I had. When you are getting nutrition from whole food sources the content is usually lower, but it is more bioavailable so more of it gets into you. It was even higher in some nutrients than Pediasure. Anyway, you have to make your own decision about what to put in your kid, but for myself, I feel better about real foods rather than vitamins and industrial byproducts.