Glucerna can help support glycaemic management
Approximately 6 in 10 people with type 2 diabetes in Australia take 3 or more classes of glucose-lowering medications1 — Glucerna can help support glycaemic management2 and reduce medication burden.3,4
Medication burden continues to rise with 1 in 2 people with type 2 diabetes in Australia on three or more glucose-lowering medications1. Despite higher medication therapy, the mean HbA1c in Australia has remained consistently high over the last decade.5
This suggests that nutrition remains the missing piece of the puzzle for many people living with diabetes.
How can Glucerna support people struggling with diet?
Glucerna is a Diabetes Specific Nutritional Formula (DSNF) scientifically formulated for people with or at risk of diabetes. Designed with low glycaemic+ slow-release carbohydrates, high quality protein, healthy fats and myo-inositol, Glucerna supports glycaemic management and improved nutritional adequacy.2
Glucerna is backed by over 30 years of scientific evidence with more than 60 clinical studies^ and has been clinically shown to help:
- Reduce glucose spikes by 64% in 2 hours*6
- Keep glucose levels within target range up to 90% of the time within 4 weeks#7
- Glucerna is associated with a 1.1% reduction in HbA1c§≤3,8,9
It’s also nutritionally complete and balanced with 28 essential vitamins and minerals to help support nutritional adequacy2, making it a valuable addition to a diabetes management plan.
Australia’s peak diabetes bodies—the Australian Diabetes Society (ADS) and the Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA)—recommend DSNFs like Glucerna when a whole‑food diet is not feasible or not achieving desired health outcomes, including in people with fluctuating glycaemia, poor appetite, inconsistent eating patterns or high medication requirements10.
Request Glucerna samples for your patients here.
Diabetes Australia does not promote or encourage any single diet or eating plan and there is no one-size-fits-all approach to living well with diabetes. People with diabetes should make their own, informed choices about their diabetes management (including eating plans) in consultation with their diabetes healthcare team. Diabetes Australia does not promote any single product or brand. All Glucerna health claims can be found on the website.
Food for Special Medical Purposes. Use under medical supervision.
Abbreviation: T2D: Type 2 Diabetes.
+Low glycaemic index (GI) = 35 (Vanilla); 29 (Chocolate); 27 (Ready-to-Drink Vanilla). ^Abbott Data on File
*People with diabetes have shown lower blood glucose spikes after consuming Glucerna for breakfast than after consuming a standard nutritional formula.
# When used as a breakfast replacement as part of lifestyle modification, blood glucose was within the target glucose range of 3.9 – 10.0mmol/L for an average of 89.5% of the time in people with diabetes.
§ As part of a lifestyle intervention.
≤ Defined as average long-term glucose levels measured by HbA1c.
References:
1. Australian Diabetes Clinical Quality Registry Annual Report 2025. Monash University, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 2026, Report No 3.
2. Glucerna® Powder Product Label.
3. Chee WSS, et al. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2017;5(1):e000384.
4. Data on file. Abbott Nutrition. December 2025.
5. Lin S, et al, Diabetology. 2026;7(2):24; https://doi.org/10.3390/diabetology7020024.
6. Devitt A, et al. Adv. Biosci. Biotechnol. 2013;4:10.
7. Peng J, et al. Br J Nutr. 2019;121(5):560-566.
8. Mohan V, et al. Journal of the Association of Physicians of India. 2019;67(12):2.
9. Sun J, et al. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2008;17(3):514-524.
10. Lin S, et al. Diabetes Management Journal. August 2024:17-19.