Amy, There are different kinds of Jevity. The kind I use has 285 calories per can. As for swallowing thick vs. thin liquids, I heard from a speech pathologist that thin liquids are actually harder to swallow for many people--can't recall why that is.

I think the issue of having fiber in your food if you are tube feeding may be more important if you are using the PEG really long term. But more fiber also means less problems with constipation during treatment.

There have been people here who tube feed with one of the nutritional drinks that doesn't contain fiber and then flush a glass of metamucil down their tube as well and have said it worked for them. So it is definitely somehitng that varies for different people--and may vary for the same person who has different needs at different times.

Nelie