| abstract |
A snack food that is easier for a dysphagia sufferer to consume may be made from a crisp, structural core that is highly soluble, enrobed in a calorie-dense coating such as chocolate, where the coating helps protect the core from moisture. When the snack food is bitten, the eater's saliva causes the core to disintegrate rapidly, leaving the coating without support and susceptible to rapid reduction to an easy-to-swallow paste. |