Description
AIR with Flavour® – Restoring the Pleasure of Taste
For individuals who are nil by mouth (NBM), the loss of eating and drinking can have a profound impact on quality of life, emotional wellbeing and social interaction. AIR with Flavour® is an innovative and unique system that enables people with swallowing difficulties to experience the pleasure of taste once again, without the need to consume food or fluids conventionally.
By aerating a flavoured liquid, AIR with Flavour® creates a light, airy foam that dissolves instantly when spooned into the mouth, delivering an intense sensory taste experience. This pioneering approach allows individuals to reconnect with familiar flavours and enjoy one of life’s simple pleasures that many of us take for granted.
Key Benefits
- Restores the enjoyment of taste for individuals who are nil by mouth.
- Enhances quality of life and emotional wellbeing through sensory stimulation.
- Promotes dignity and inclusion, allowing people to participate more fully in mealtimes and social occasions.
- Provides an intense flavour experience through a light, airy foam that dissolves instantly in the mouth.
- Suitable for a wide range of health conditions associated with swallowing difficulties.
- Supports person-centred care by recognising the importance of pleasure and sensory enjoyment.
A Truly Innovative Solution
AIR with Flavour® is a game-changing innovation, offering hope and enjoyment to those who have been deprived of the privilege of tasting food and drink because of their medical condition. By recreating the sensation of flavour in a safe and enjoyable way, it helps bring comfort, familiarity and pleasure back into everyday life.
Patient Considerations
Whilst AIR with Flavour® is considered a low-risk intervention, it is recommended that individuals are assessed by a Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) to confirm suitability, as sensory stimulation may increase oral secretions. Professional guidance ensures that the system can be used safely and effectively to maximise both enjoyment and wellbeing.
AIR with Flavour® represents a significant advance in sensory care, helping to transform the experience of those living with dysphagia and other conditions that prevent oral intake, and reaffirming that the pleasure of taste should not be lost simply because eating and drinking are no longer possible.
How It Works
The Air with Flavour® sachet is mixed with your chosen flavoured liquid and aerated with micro air bubbles to create a lightweight airy foam which can be spooned into a patients mouth, providing a moment of intense pleasure! AIR with Flavour® can be added to almost any liquid (e.g. juice, soup, coffee, wine, beer, curry sauce, gravy etc) and transformed into an incredible taste experience! The special foam instantly disappears, leaving no liquid or solids in the mouth and no need to swallow.
Enhance Life Quality
In the most severe form of dysphagia, the person affected can no longer be fed in the normal way, this not only affects a person’s ability to eat and drink but has much wider implications for a person’s general health, mental health and social interaction. AIR with Flavour® can be used to minimise distress from the symptoms of severe dysphagia, as a result, the quality of life of the person affected is demonstrably improved by the memory stimulation of aromas, smells and tastes, providing unique taste experiences, allowing them to enjoy flavours of their choosing whilst being free from the distress that swallowing problems and choking often present.
Rehabilitation
AIR with Flavour® can be used as a low-risk option in swallow therapy, allowing persons the experience of taste with a reduced risk of aspiration. It has been used to provide a low-risk starting point for the assessment and management of swallowing impairments, enabling information to be gathered regarding the pre-oral, oral and pharyngeal phase of the swallow.
Who can benefit
- Persons with severe Dysphagia – nil by mouth
- Enteral, Parenteral or PEG nutrition patients
- Stroke survivors
- Dementia sufferers
- Recovering victims of traumatic brain injury
- Persons in rehab & learning to swallow again
- Palliative care patients – taste for pleasure
- Intensive care patients
- End of life care, mouth moistening – alternative to oral hygiene swabs
Top features
- Quick and easy to use
- Specially designed pump
- Instantly soluble, no need to swallow
- Can be used with almost any liquids
- An alternative for patients unable to tolerate “‘eating and drinking with acknowledged risk” recommendations
- Provides intense taste satisfaction & mental well being
- Purely vegetable based, suitable for vegetarians & vegans
- Gluten & lactose free
When life is at its toughest, this small piece of enjoyment should not be disregarded, but instead promoted as a key step in healing and enhancing life quality. Add a new dimension to life!
The Starter Kit comprises:
1 x Air with flavour Pump
2 x Food-safe silicon tubing
20 x Disposable micro pipettes for hygienic use
20 x Air Instant Sticks sachets
1x Battery
1x Instructions
