Product guide

A range suitable for each grade

Jellied waters by Nutrisens Medical

Thanks to continuous Research and Development work, Nutrisens Medical can offer a range of products adapted for each Grade with a wide variety of tastes and flavours. These products are changed regularly to avoid patients becoming bored with them. For each diagnosed Grade, Nutrisens has developed two types of hydration product, designed to stimulate swallowing due to their strong flavouring and to avoid aspiration due to their thickened texture: jellied waters using powder and ready-made jellied waters.

	Patients’ profiles	Jellied waters in powder form		Ready-made Jellied waters		Characteristics YP = Yield Point (in Pa at + or -5) V = viscosity (in Pa at + or -5%)
1	With a slight delay in closing vocal cords	Hydr’Instant “Grade 1” 30g for 1.4 to 1.6L of waterRed fruits, grenadine, apricot, orange, lemon, pineapple, apple, peach tea. New from September 2014		Hydra’fruit “Grade 1” 3 new flavours. New from January 2015		YP between 0.5 and 10 V included between 0.1 and 0.6
2	With more significant delay in the closing of the vocal cords With weakened buccolingual propulsion	Hydr’Instant “Grade 2” 30g for 1.2L of waterRed fruits, grenadine, apricot, orange,lemon, pineapple, apple, peach tea. New from September 2014		Hydra’fruit “Grade 2” 3 new flavours. New from January 2015		YP between 15 and 45V included between 0.7 and 1
3	With significant delay in closing of the vocal cords. With weakened or no buccolingual propulsion	Hydr’Instant “Grade 3” 30g for 0.8 to 1L of waterCreamy textureRed fruit, grenadine, apricot, orange, lemon, and pineapple. New from September 2014		Hydra’fruit “Grade 3” Flexible texture, red fruits, grenadine, apricot, orange, lemon, pineapple, apple, peach tea, grape, apple-tatin, cola, and grapefruit. New from January 2015		YP greater than or equal to 50V greater than or equal to 1
	Alternative for patients without buccolingual propulsion difficulties	Gel’froid “Grade 3” 77g for 1L of waterGel textureApricot, red fruits, lemon, orange, mint, peach. New from September 2014		Hydra’Gel “Grade 3” Gel texture, grenadine, strawberry, lemon, orange, mint, exotic fruits, peach tea and apple. New from January 2015

Thickener equivalences (neutral taste)

For D.S.A. tests to be comparable, it is necessary to standardize them, i.e. to use the same powder product in the same volumes. That is why Nutrisens Medical has developed a formulation of water jellied with powder, in 3 gr sachets, which make it possible to reconstitute Grades 1, 2 and 3 following the recommended dilutions. In order to allow the test results to be replicated with other products, we provide you with an equivalence table for the necessary dosages of thickening powders.