Which Ensure Has The Least Amount of Sugar?

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Which Ensure has the least amount of sugar? Okay, in this post I am going to be sharing with you the lowest sugar Ensure Nutritional Shakes available to buy. I will be 17 comparing different varieties of Ensure Nutritional drinks and ranking them based on sugar content. I will also separately answer some frequently asked questions when it comes to Ensure Nutritional Shakes and sugar content. But first, if you are on a low sugar diet you may be wondering how much sugar is in an Ensure drink and what are some of its lowest sugar options. Let’s find out.

How Much Sugar is in Ensure Drinks?

As a general rule, Ensure contains 0g-22g of total sugar per serving depending on the variety and flavor. Ensure Light is the lowest sugar Ensure at 0g of total sugar per serving and Ensure Max Protein is another low sugar Ensure at 1g of total sugar per serving.

Summary Table – Sugar Content of Ensure Drinks

Below is a summary table of the sugar content for 17 different varieties of Ensure drinks. For each entry, I list the total sugars per serving. The table lists the sugar content in ascending order.

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Ensure Variety	Total Sugar Content Per Serving
Ensure Light	0g
Ensure Max Protein	1g
Ensure High Protein	4g
Ensure Pre-Surgery Clear Carbohydrate Drink	6g
Ensure Plant Based Protein	7g
Vanilla Ensure Compact	9g
Milk Chocolate Ensure Compact	10g
Ensure Original	10g
Ensure Original Vanilla Powder	13g
Ensure Complete	15g
Ensure Clear	18g
Ensure Surgery Immunonutrition Shake	19g
Ensure Plus Dark Chocolate	19g
Ensure Plus Vanilla, Strawberry, and Butter Pecan	20g
Ensure Enlive Strawberry and Vanilla	20g
Ensure Plus Milk Chocolate	22g
Ensure Enlive in Milk Chocolate	22g

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Ranking Ensure Nutritional Drinks based on Sugar Content

In this section, I will go through each of the 17 different varieties of Ensure drinks listed in the table above item by item.

1. Ensure Light – 0g of Total Sugar

Ensure Light is the lowest sugar Ensure at 0g of total sugar. Instead of sugar, Ensure Light is sweetened with acesulfame potassium and sucralose. Ensure Light comes in milk chocolate and vanilla.

Unfortunately, Ensure Light is less widely available. Unlike a lot of other Ensures drinks Ensure Light isn’t available on Amazon or at grocery stores. Fear not though, there are some other low sugar Ensures available.

2. Ensure Max Protein – 1g of Total Sugar

The lowest sugar Ensure that is widely available is Ensure Max Protein. Ensure Max Protein contains 30g of protein in a carton yet only 1g of sugar (0g of which is added sugar). Instead, Ensure Max Protein is sweetened with acesulfame potassium, sucralose, and inulin. Ensure Max Protein comes in an array of flavors.

You can try Ensure Max Protein in their French vanilla flavor on Amazon here.

3. Ensure High Protein – 4g of Total Sugar

Another of Ensure’s lower sugar shakes is also one that is high in protein. Ensure’s High Protein shakes contain 16g of protein and only 4g of total sugar per serving (all 4g of which are added). Ensure High Protein is sweetened with sugar, acesulfame potassium, and sucralose. Ensure High Protein comes in the classic flavors of milk chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.

You can try the chocolate flavor from Amazon here.

4. Ensure Pre-Surgery Clear Carbohydrate Drink – 6g of Sugar

Another lower sugar Ensure is its clear pre-surgery drink which, as the name may suggest, is specifically for pre-surgery. This drink is sweetened with fructose, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium and contains 6g of total sugar per serving.

5. Ensure Plant Based Protein – 7g of Total Sugar

If you are looking for a lower sugar plant based Ensure, then you are in luck. Ensure’s Plant Based Protein is sweetened with organic sugar, monk fruit, and stevia. There are 7g of total sugar per serving (all 7g are added sugar) as well as a whopping 20g of plant based protein from peas and fava beans.

You can try Ensure’s vanilla plant based shake on Amazon here.

6. Vanilla Ensure Compact – 9g of Total Sugar

Ensure Compact is half the size of a regular Ensure. The vanilla flavor Ensure Compact contains 9g of total sugar per serving. This sugar comes from sugar and corn syrup.

7. Milk Chocolate Ensure Compact – 10g of Total Sugar

The milk chocolate flavor of Ensure Compact contains a little more sugar at 10g of sugar – again this is from corn syrup and sugar.

8. Ensure Original – 10g of Total Sugar

All flavors of the OG Ensure – Ensure Original contains 10g of total sugar per serving (9g of this sugar is added). Ensure Original contains both sugar and sucralose as sweeteners.

9. Ensure Original Vanilla Powder – 13g of Total Sugar

Ensure’s original vanilla powder contains 13g of total sugar per serving. All 13g are added and come from sugar and corn syrup.

10. Ensure Complete – 15g of Total Sugar

The Ensure Complete range contains 15g of total sugar per serving – all 15g of sugar are added. Ensure Complete is sweetened with corn syrup, sugar, acesulfame potassium, and sucralose.

11. Ensure Clear – 18g of Total Sugar

Ensure Clear is another higher sugar Ensure – coming in at 18g of total sugar per serving. Ensure Clear is sweetened with sugar, acesulfame potassium, and sucralose.

12. Ensure Surgery Immunonutrition Shake – 19g of Sugar

The Ensure designed for preparing and recovering from surgery, Ensure Surgery Immunonutrition Shake, is sweetened with corn syrup and sugar and contains 19g of total sugar per serving.

13. Ensure Plus Dark Chocolate – 19g of Total Sugar

The dark chocolate flavor of Ensure Plus is sweetened with sugar and contains 19g of total sugar per serving.

14. Ensure Plus Vanilla, Strawberry, and Butter Pecan – 20g of Total Sugar

The vanilla, strawberry, and butter pecan flavors of Ensure Plus are slightly higher in sugar than the dark chocolate flavor, yet slightly lower than the milk chocolate flavor (see below). Ensure Plus is sweetened with sugar and there are 20g of total sugar per serving.

15. Ensure Enlive Strawberry and Vanilla – 20g of Total Sugar

The strawberry and vanilla flavors of Ensure Enlive are higher sugar drinks, coming in at 20g of total sugar per serving. They are both sweetened with sugar and corn syrup.

16. Ensure Plus Milk Chocolate – 22g of Total Sugar

Ensure Plus in milk chocolate is one of the highest sugar Ensure shakes. Ensure Plus milk chocolate is just sweetened with sugar and there are 22g of total sugar per serving.

17. Ensure Enlive in Milk Chocolate – 22g of Total Sugar

The other highest sugar Ensure is Ensure Enlive in milk chocolate. This shake is sweetened with corn syrup and sugar and contains 22g of total sugar per serving.

Sugar In Ensure F&Q

Is There Sugar in Ensure?

All varieties of Ensure, apart from Ensure Light and Ensure Max Protein, contain sugar.

Is Ensure High in Sugar?

Ensure can contain up to 22g of sugar. Ensure Enlive milk chocolate contains 22g of total sugar. There are some varieties of Ensure that are low in sugar. Ensure Light contains 0g of total sugar per serving and Ensure Max Protein contains 1g of total sugar per serving.

Which Ensure Has the Least Amount of Sugar?

Ensure Light contains 0g of total sugar per serving and Ensure Max Protein contains 1g of total sugar per serving.

How Much Sugar Does Ensure Plus Contain?

Ensure Plus contains the following total sugar content per serving:

• Ensure Plus Dark Chocolate – 19g of total sugar
• Ensure Plus Vanilla, Strawberry and Butter Pecan – 20g of total sugar
• Ensure Plus Milk Chocolate – 22g of total sugar

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Which Ensure Has The Least Amount of Sugar? – The Final Bite

Which Ensure has the least amount of sugar? What have we learned from the above? Well, when it comes to Ensure drinks which variety you choose really makes a difference on total sugar content. Some of the lowest sugar versions of Ensure can contain as little as 0g of sugar. On the flip side, some of its milkshakes can contain up to 22g of sugar. That is a big difference so make sure you choose your Ensure wisely.

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