Food 65+: Adapted food products for active and home dwelling elderly Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Seniors often have a functional loss of smell, taste, a diminished ability to chew and swallow, and a decreased appetite. This can lead to nutritional deficiencies for active seniors as well as the frail elderly. This presents an opportunity for food companies and ingredient suppliers, and by extension by industrial kitchens and caterers, to develop food products that are more suited for this ...