Evaluation of Food Texture
Universal Design Foods is a term for foods that have been designed with consideration to texture or being easy to eat, and which can be used for everything from everyday meals to nursing-care foods. In Japan, with its rapidly aging society, a variety of nursing-care foods are currently available, and such meals must be suitable for patients.
The Japan Care Food Conference has established the Universal Design Foods concept, which is classified into 4 categories by hardness and viscosity. In this article, we introduce a system for measuring hardness.
- Content Type:
- Application
- Document Number:
- LAAN-J-AG-E012
- Product Type:
- Materials Testing & Inspection, Universal Testing
- Keywords:
- nursing-care foods, hardness, Food and Beverages, Food QAQC, EZ Test
- Language:
- English
- File Name:
- jpi313005.pdf
- File Size:
- 138kb