Hormel Thick & Easy Instant Food Thickener makes food and beverages safer for swallowing. They are designed to assist patients with dysphagia and swallowing disorders. Manufactured by Hormel Health Labs, Thick & Easy Thickeners are versatile, allowing all types of hot and cold foods, liquids and supplement drinks to be thickened without affecting the taste. Food and drinks achieve proper consistency for safe swallowing within one minute of mixing. Dysphagia patients can enjoy tasty and nourishing foods while maintaining a properly hydrated and healthy nutritional status. Thick & Easy Starch Thickeners provide an optimal blend of thickeners to create a clear, lump free dispersion of food or drink. This Instant Thickener has a limited calorie and carbohydrate content to make it suitable and adaptable to a variety of diets. It's a formulation is specifically designed to thicken supplement drinks.
Features
- Provides safer swallowing.
- Allows for normal hydration.
- Stops thickening after one minute.
- Achieves pureed food consistency.
- Does not bind food. Fully digestible.
- Retains consistency for shelf life of food or liquid.
- Releases 98% of available fluid after consumption.
- Blends with food or beverage quickly and smoothly.
- Provides appetizing plate presentation with little effort.