The pureed food diet is often stigmatised for being tasteless and visually unappetising, due to the lack of shape, texture and vibrant colours. Despite its outlook, pureed diet is necessary for patients who are suffering from permanent or temporary dysphagia.Mealtime Experience and Food SatisfactionFor dysphagia patients, solid foods are usually pureed or blended to...

Ensuring adequate amounts of nutrients in pureed diets is a difficult and complex process. More often than not, key nutrients such as proteins and fibers are lost during the production of pureed diet.Loss of nutrients may be caused by blending, which is a process that produces heat and thus destroys nutrients. Other causes of...