Small amounts of highly nutritious jelly foods for patients with the dysphagia

A hospital for persons with severe motor and intellectual disabilities in Nara prefecture was considered to provide a small amount of a highly nutritious jelly diet. This study examined whether this jelly diet had appropriate physical properties for patients with the dysphagia who were able to eat L1 and L2 foods of the dysphagia diet pyramid. In addition, the reproducibility and taste of the jelly foods were evaluated under different cooking conditions, such as different chefs cooking at different facilities.