Liquids that flow like water and can flow through a straw or teat/nipple.
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Liquid 1-Slightly Thick
Liquids that are thicker than water and can flow through a straw.
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Liquid 2-Mildly Thick
Liquids that are sippable and pour quickly from spoon but slower than thin drinks and slightly thick drinks.
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Liquid 3-Moderately Thick
Liquids that can be drunk from a cup or taken with a spoon. Need some effort to drink them through a wide diameter straw and have smooth texture with no lumps, fibers, or seeds.
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Liquid 4-Extermely Thick
Extremely thick liquids that are usually eaten with a spoon and cannot be drunk from a cup or sucked through a straw. Have a smooth texture with no lumps and hold shape on a spoon.
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Food 3-Liquidized
Liquidized food that can be eaten with a spoon or drunk from a cup. It has a smooth texture with no "bit" (lumps, fibers, husk, bits of shell or skin, particles of gristle or bone).
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Food 4-Pureed
Foods that are usually eaten with a spoon, don't require chewing, and the liquid (like sauces) must not separate from solids.
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Food 5-Minced and Moist Minced
Foods that are soft and moist, but no liquid leaking/dripping from the food, biting is not required, and minimal chewing required. Lumps of 4mm in size and can be mashed with the tongue.
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Food 6-Soft and Bite-Sized
Foods that are soft, tender and moist, but no thin liquid leaking/dripping from the food, ability to "bite off" a piece of food is not required. Bite-sized pieces no bigger than 1.5cm x 1.5cm in size. Food can be mashed/broken down with pressure from fork.
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Food 7- Easy to Chew
Foods that are normal, everyday food of soft/tender textures that are developmentally and age appropriate. Any method may be used to eat these foods.
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Food 7- Regular
Foods that are normal, everyday food of various textures that are developmentally and age appropriate. Any method may be used to eat these foods and the food may be hard and crunchy or naturally soft.