Description
Easy to use specialised texturiser for shaping pureed food, meat, fish, pasta, rice and vegetables
Dining with Dysphagia: Preserving Dignity, Nutrition and the Pleasure of Eating
For individuals living with dysphagia and chewing or swallowing difficulties, mealtimes should remain a pleasurable, social and meaningful experience. Eating is much more than simply meeting nutritional needs; it is an important part of daily life that brings enjoyment, comfort and social connection. Ensuring that people receiving a texture modified diet can continue to dine with dignity is fundamental to supporting their overall health and wellbeing.
Quality texture modified meals should provide a safe swallowing experience while maintaining the appearance, flavour and enjoyment associated with traditional foods. Foods that have been carefully created to resemble their original form preserve visual dignity and allow individuals to recognise what they are eating. This recognition enhances the dining experience, promotes psychological wellbeing and encourages a positive relationship with food.
Using the correct processes in the preparation of texture modified meals is essential to achieving the optimum balance of taste, consistency, appearance and nutritional value. Texture modified foods are far more than simply soft or pureed meals; they represent a complete nutritional intervention designed to encourage adequate food intake through appetising, appealing meals that provide a balanced diet and help prevent malnutrition, dehydration and unintended weight loss. Fortifying food to make it a high-caloric meal is also simple by replacing part of the liquid content with high-quality vegetable oils, butter, cream etc
When prepared with the appropriate ingredients, texture modified foods deliver the correct texture for safe swallowing while maximising flavour, energy and nutrient content. Attractive presentation and familiar food shapes support independence, dignity and enjoyment, enabling individuals to continue participating fully in mealtime occasions.
SmoothFood® products assist in the creation of premium texture modified meals that meet these essential requirements. Designed to be freeze, thaw and heat stable, SmoothFood® products help maintain shape, consistency, appearance, taste and mouthfeel while delivering maximum flavour, calories and nutritional value. The Through innovative food solutions, individuals requiring texture modified diets can continue to enjoy attractive, recognisable and delicious meals that enhance quality of life and provide a safe and satisfying dining experience.
With the current increase in food prices it is important to eliminate wastage. SmoothFood® Gelea Cold enables all surplus cooked food to be easily transformed into tasty, texture modified dysphagia meals. ideally using the SmoothFood® silicone moulds. They can be the left in the freezer to be used as you need, only re-heating the required amount.
Benefits of using SmoothFood® Cold Specialised Texturiser
Offers a specialised texture-modified structure to IDDSI Level 4 providing food with a soft foam interior and stable gel exterior, safe, cohesive, lump-free and requiring no chewing. Allows a lighter, non-sticky texture inside the stable gel exterior that melts in the mouth, reducing the dense weight of a full solid puree while matching the required standard.
- Suitable for meat, fish, vegetables, pastas, fruits etc
- Fast and easy preparation
- Retains at least 70% of base food – high nutrition values
- Fortifying food to produce a high-caloric meal is achieved by replacing some of the liquid content with high-quality vegetable oils, butter, cream etc
- Moulds and maintains food to any shape
- No impact on taste, flavour or colour
- Offers a lightweight, moist, non-sticky, safe and stable structure
- Excellent mouthfeel, melts smoothly without leaving firm particles or separating into hazardous thin liquids
- Maintains the required shape, texture and consistency throughout the preparation, storage, heating and serving stages.
- Freeze, thaw and heat stable up to >115°C without any change in texture, consistency or moisture
- Heat up to 105°C in steam oven (recommended) convection oven or microwave (using recommended heating instructions)
