Slõ Milkshakes+ are the 1st powdered high protein supplements for those living with dysphagia. We’ve created them because those with dysphagia only eat small amounts. It isn’t because they have a small appetite. It is because the condition means they eat very – very slowly. A small meal can take over half an hour to eat. Many meals are left unfinished...

Powdered ONS – Oral Nutritional Supplements – are useful, except for those with swallowing difficulties. They can’t be thickened safely because starch and gum thickeners don’t mix with them. We therefore created a Slõ ONS. A Slõ Oral Nutritional Shake. Slõ Milkshakes+ contain a thickener that works with milk. As a result they are easy...

On the way back from a meeting, our Founder Mathew, stopped at a motorway services for a drink and bought a 500ml bottle of juice. After making his choice, he started to walk away, stopped and turned back? He noticed the huge range of juice drinks packed in 500ml bottles and thought… if we had a sachet that can change all these drinks into...

One of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) key improvement targets for 2017 is infection control. Healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) can develop either as a direct result of healthcare interventions such as medical or surgical treatment, or from being in contact with a healthcare setting. The term HCAI covers a wide range of infections....

Those creating nutrition plans and making drinks for a person with dysphagia put themselves under a massive amount of pressure to make sure every drink matches the prescribed consistency and is safe to swallow. That will always be difficult using the scoop-and-hope method to add thickener. To relieve that pressure and give people consistency confidence,...

ESPEN – The European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism is holding its annual congress at the Hague in the Netherlands this September. We have only just heard of it and wanted to let you know it was happening, because it has a dysphagia element. Many events do, but the organisers tell us, more clinicians with a dysphagia interest...

Milkshake supplements are useful and easy to use unless the person has dysphagia? It is virtually impossible to thicken supplements to a safe-to-swallow consistency and is a real problem for Nursing Homes and Care Facilities. We therefore created Slõ Milkshakes+ to help. They mean the end of scoop-and-hope. Thickener is already included. You don’t...

Barrett’s Oesophagus is a condition we heard about whilst listening to the UK’s BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine Show. As it can induce dysphagia in some sufferers we have collected some information and useful links Barrett’s Oesophagus It is a condition where the cells of the oesophagus (gullet) grow abnormally.  Its two main causes are acid...

Slõ Milkshakes+: the 1st pre-thickened powdered oral nutritional supplements for dysphagia have new sachet packaging. We were going to wait until we had our new packs made up – but decided to show you some printed laminate taken off the press, because we are so excited about it? We wanted to make using Slõ Milkshakes+ even easier, and so for the...

  Dysphagia Dysphagia is a secondary symptom of 127 conditions including stroke, mouth and throat cancer, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and motor neurone disease. It affects all ages from birth but presents frequently in the over 50’s (approx. 8-10% world wide), equivalent to a global population of 560 million people. It can be defined as a disorder...

The PENG Pocket Guide to Clinical Nutrition is something new to us. We only heard about it after a Dietetic Team successfully trialled our Slõ Milkshakes+ and asked us if we had an insert for it. As a result, we created the insert above.  Pre-punched and ready to insert it includes a full Nutritional analysis, ingredients list and all the other...

An interesting TED talk looking at the issues around swallowing for those with Parkinson’s

As you can see from this article by Tiffany , they also improve the sensory experience of those with dysphagia. However, there is a misconception that the bubbles make these beverages a Stage1, nectar, honey consistency. They don’t. Their consistency must be changed to make them safe to swallow. That can be achieved using our Slõ Fizzy sachets....

Safe nutritional supplements for those with dysphagia are impossible to prepare with starch and gum based thickeners and so we created Slõ Milkshakes+. Having done that and seen them being used we decided: could our instructions be better? We live in a multilingual world and cannot presume English is a first language for everyone. It’s therefore...

Malnutrition is a common experience of those suffering head and neck cancer. There are many reasons for this which have been researched by Ms Smith a Specialist Head and Neck Dietitian. She has kindly agreed to share her findings to help clinicians, carers and patients. We trust you find it useful. Head and neck cancer is the 8th most common cancer...

…to all those with and caring for someone with dysphagia: spouses, family, clinicians, doctors; every member of a patients care team. The Christmas holidays are an incredibly social affair. It’s the occasion everyone associates with lots of eating and drinking with friends and relatives. But dysphagia can make it difficult. Despite that people...

As Thanksgiving is a huge celebration in America, we would like to help those with dysphagia enjoy it too with our new website. It allows us to provide discounts and we would like to offer anyone buying Slõ Drinks for Thanksgiving 10% off the Slõ Drinks they buy. It can be used to buy any Slõ Drinks; Slõ Wine, Slõ Beer or Slõ Fizzy to add to a...

Christmas is just around the corner and we would like to help those with dysphagia celebrate with our new online shop. It allows us to provide Slõ Drinkers special offers and discounts and so this year if they use this code XMAS16 it will give 10% off Slõ Christmas Drinks. It can be used to order Slõ Wine, Slõ Beer or Slõ Fizzy to add to a glass...

In November Food Matters Live runs from the 22nd to the 24th. It’s a big event that brings together food and drink industry. Retailers, food service providers and those working in Nutrition. As food, health and nutrition are all interrelated it’s an opportunity to see lots of different ways of achieving the same aim – in one place. Covering all...

Cutting the cost of supplements is a priority for Healthcare Organizations. We all know that. For those with dysphagia and their carers, it’s a priority too. I think we’ve forgotten that. Large Healthcare Organizations and providers around the world are able to negotiate substantial discounts because of the high volumes they use. But, individuals...