Purée

carefully packaged. very quick to prepare. sadly looks and smells like canned dog food. Good enough for instant food in a hurry but not for regular meals. I'll go back to home-prepared food in food processor.

Got this variety pack for my 91 year old Dad suffering from oral cancer who can't chew anymore but can swallow finely pureed foods. He's a fairly critical judge when it comes to food - like if it says it has bacon, it better have a respectable amount of it, so he was hesitant to try these. He's pleased with all 5 flavors in this Variety Pack and I'll be ordering another soon. Wish Thick-It had another Variety Pack with some of their other offerings (you listening, Thick-It?).

Beef is one of the worst for consistency...very grainy and with dysphagia harder to swallow, used immersion blender for beef and took 10 mins to get to desired consistency for person. All of chicken products are awesome. Beef stew has to much salt and very salty taste. Cin. toast one is too cinnamon for my taste. Its very easy to get fed up with same flavors. For food stamp people you should offer individual cans of everything. You would sell more. 2 cans of chicken were damaged in my case. You should also offer the roasted check tray and other with food stamps. Love the thick it water and honey thick products. For me you must understand this is ongoing problem with elders and even some kids so offering individual and all available with stamps would help....

I bought these for my grandpa since we had been blending his food to make it easier for him to swallow and to help with dinner time going by a little faster. These worked really well, there was a flavor he wasn’t super fond of but otherwise had no difficulty feeding him. The consistency was really on par for what we were looking for.

This is so grainy. The flavour is not there and it feels like you’re choking in every bite.

We thought we’d give these a try for a variety of dinners. The beef stew was bad, not a whole lot of flavor and grainy texture. The barbecue beef was even more grainy. I tried to add some broth and BBQ sauce and blended it, it did get smoother but the taste did not improve. I’m hoping the chicken choices are better, but I don’t have high gopes!

I struggled with pureeing food for my father. What I like: Dad likes the flavors. It’s fast and easy. They have good nutrition and fill him up. What I dislike: Puréed food looks bad but it serves an important purpose for swallowing and choking problems. How I use it: I make up little meals in storage containers. I put an entree servings, some vegetable and pudding for dessert. 🍮 Then I store them in the refrigerator to make meal times fast and easy. My recommendation: You will be glad you got them! A real game changer for me. Caregiving is hard on good days. This makes the rough days a little easier.

My mother likes these and she's picky with her food. These have been great items to add to her diet, which has been limited by onset dysphagia. We don't use these as her only protein, but one can can be split three ways and frozen, to be defrosted for a meal in a microwave, and there are all sorts of creative meals that can be made. We've paired the chicken with farina, making a savory meal out of farina. Or eggs with a few tablespoons of the beef stew as a side dish.