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Food Groups |
Recommended |
May Cause Distress |
| Beverages, served cold | Cold dairy beverages: cold milk and milk drinks (e.g. milkshakes and eggnog); iced tea, iced coffee, carbonated beverages, high-protein, high-calorie oral supplement | Chocolate drinks, red or orange colored punches or fruit drinks |
| Breads and cereals | Lukewarm, smooth, cooked cereals | All others |
| Fats | Butter or fortified margarine, cream | None |
| Fruits | Nectars, apple juice, noncitrus fruit juices | Red or orange colored fruit juice; all others |
| Meats and meat substitutes | Any mild, pureed meat or chicken in mousse form; plain and sweetened, flavored yogurt | Cheese, yogurt with whole fruit pieces, all others |
| Potato or substitute | Lukewarm pasta, lukewarm thinned, whipped potatoes | All others |
| Soups | Lukewarm, strained, cream soup, jellied consommé, lukewarm soup | All others |
| Sweets and deserts | Custard, ice cream, pudding, sherbert, plain-flavored gelatin, ice water and frozen pops, sugar, honey | All others and anything made with chocolate or whole fruit, all food containing red or orange coloring |
| Vegetables | Vegetable juice or vegetable mousse | Acidic vegetable juice (e.g. tomato based juices) |
| Miscellaneous | Iodized salt, flavorings, all mild spices in moderation |
Extremes in seasoning (e.g.hot pepper sauce, chili powder, and meat sauces) |