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Moulds For Pureed Food
Moulds for pureed food provide a way to improve dignity at meal times. Many older people require a pureed diet because of Dysphagia. This is the medical term for swallowing difficulties.
Some people with dysphagia have problems swallowing certain foods or liquids, while others can’t swallow at all.
Signs of dysphagia may include:
- Choking or coughing when they eat or drink,
- Bringing food back up, sometimes through the nose,
- People say the food feels like it’s stuck in their throat or chest,
- Persistent drooling of saliva. Dribbling.
Helping Someone with Dysphagia Eat.
Helping someone with dysphagia to eat can be challenging. They’re understandably scared of choking, and pureed food can look disgusting. I knew a gentleman once who had his roast dinner pureed. It looked like a pile of brown sludge. Edible, but we eat with our eyes too!
Moulds for Pureed Food.
In recent years, moulds for pureed food have been used. The food is pureed, thickened with a starch to a medically safe consistency and then frozen. This can save time if made in batches and stored in freezer bags or containers
The result is that the pureed food has the shape and form of the vegetable or meat. It is then easy to compile a variety of meals that are nutritionally balanced, safe to eat and look more attractive.
Alternatively, food can be pureed and piped into flower shapes. This is less attractive when defrosted as the purees tend to spread when heated.
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The video shows how the moulds work.
