<\/span><\/h2>\nYou can prepare minced foods in several ways.<\/b><\/p>\n\n- Mashing. Some very soft foods like ripe bananas, well cooked potatoes and ripe avocado can be mashed with a fork or masher until smooth. A small amount of liquid may be added to make the food smooth and moist.<\/li>\n
- Using a knife.<\/li>\n
- Using a food processor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/span>What is a level 5 food?<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
Soft and moist but with no liquids leaking\/dripping from the food. u2022 Food can be easily mashed with just a little pressure from a fork. u2022 Food is easily scooped onto a fork, with no liquid dripping and no crumbles falling off. the fork.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/span>Whats a minced and moist diet?<\/span><\/h2>\nFoods are moist and cohesive with no water separation. On a minced diet you may eat foods that are finely chopped, grated, ground, or mashed to a size that is less than cm (about xbc inch). Some foods can be eaten whole such as soft, moist bread, buttered toast, or soft sandwiches with minced fillings.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/span>What are the 3 forms of water in food?<\/span><\/h2>\nBut not all water that occurs in food is alike. Most food scientists divide water into three forms: free, adsorbed, and bound<\/b><\/p>\n<\/span>Which is the intermediate moisture food?<\/span><\/h2>\nExamples of traditional intermediate moisture foods include dried fruits such as prunes; products to which sugar has been added, such as candies, marshmallows, jams and pie fillings; dried products with salt and sugar, added such as hams, and bakery products, such as fruit cakes.<\/p>\n
<\/span>What foods are considered Level 5 minced and moist?<\/span><\/h2>\nCustard, creamed, rice pudding, semolina, yoghurt (no bits). Sponges and crumbles can be softened and mashed with cream or custard. No jelly or ice cream if you require thickened fluids. (Seek advice from the Speech and Language Therapist.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/span>What foods are considered moist?<\/span><\/h2>\nFoods made with sauces, gravies, as well as pastas and casseroles are examples of some common moist food items. Tougher meats such as steak and chicken should be avoided unless they are very tender.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/span>Can you eat rice on a minced and moist diet?<\/span><\/h2>\nOverall texture must be very thick and moist, not stodgy. Should not separate into individual grains and no sticky rice. The texture of very thick, smooth yoghurt (no bits) or stewed apple in very thick custard.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/span>What foods are commonly minced?<\/span><\/h2>\nFood examples of minced and pureed diets<\/b><\/p>\n\n- Soft breads, cakes, biscuits well-moistened in milk, soup or juice, congee, oatmeal, soft rice.<\/li>\n
- Boneless and skinless meats like diced or minced meats, flaked fish, steamed egg pudding.<\/li>\n
- Gourds, soft vegetable leaves and stems (chopped and cooked until soft).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n