Last updated: August 2020
Next review: August 2022
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The following examples 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.

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

Savoury options

• A small handful of grated cheese
• 1 tablespoon of mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon of peanut butter
• 1 tablespoon of oil
• 2 cubes of butter
• ½ a small avocado
• 2 tablespoons of pesto
• 2 tablespoons of salad cream
• 2 tablespoons of hummus
• 2 heaped tablespoons of dried milk powder
• 2 tablespoons of pate
• 2 tablespoons of full cream cheese

Sweet options

• 1 heaped tablespoon of sugar
• 1 small pot of full fat yoghurt
• 1½ tablespoons of double cream
• 2 tablespoons of chocolate sauce
• 2 tablespoons of golden syrup
• 2 tablespoons of lemon curd
• 2 tablespoons of condensed milk
• 2 tablespoons of honey
• 2 scoops of ice cream
• 2 heaped tablespoons of dried milk powder

Snacks 

• A small handful of nuts
• 1 slice of malt loaf
• 5 jelly babies
• A small handful of dried fruit
• 2 Jaffa Cakes
• 1 banana
• 3 cream crackers
• 1 shortbread finger
• 3 cubes of milk chocolate
• 1 bag of crisps

Drinks

• 150ml of full fat milk
• 200ml of orange juice
• 250ml of regular cola
• 250ml of lemonade