A comparison of consistency and taste of five commercial thickeners

Dysphagia

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 74-78

  Pelletier, Cathy A ^a,b  

^a New York State Vet Home at Oxford   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deglutition; Deglutition disorders; Diet modification; Dysphagia; Swallowing; Thickeners; Treatment

Indexed keywords

FLAVORING AGENT; THICKENING AGENT;

ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; HUMAN; LIQUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWALLOWING; TASTE; THICKNESS;

DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; TASTE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0030996678     PISSN: 0179051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00009522     Document Type: Article

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6. Thicken Right, Menu Magic, Division of No. American Laboratory Co., Indianapolis, IN
7. Thicken Up, Sandoz Nutrition, Food Service Division, Minneapolis, MN
8. Quik Thick, Gage Food Products Co., Melrose Park, IL
9. Thick & Easy, American Institutional Products, Inc., Lancaster, PA
10. Thick It, Milani Foods, Division of Alberto-Culver USA, Inc., Melrose Park, IL