Mechanical Soft Diet (Food Selection Guide)

Foods Allowed

Carbohydrate-rich Foods

• Soft Rice (if tolerable to patient)

• Oats

• Lugaw

• Mashed potato, mashed camote (sweet potato), mashed saba (banana)

• Soft bread

• Soft cookies

Protein-rich Foods

For Vegetarians

• Well-done legumes cooked with sabaw (soup)

• Chopped or ground vegetarian products

For Non-Vegetarians

• All well-cooked chopped, flaked or ground lean meat and fish

• Flaked fish

• Poached egg

Vegetables

• Diced string or Baguio beans

• Diced chayote (vegetable pear), carrots

• Mashed squash

• Well-cooked eggplant

Fruits

• All soft fruits

• Crispy fruits which can be scraped like apple, pear

• Any fruits, blended

Beverages

• Fruit juices, milk, fruit shakes, milk shakes

Foods Not Allowed

Carbohydrate-rich Foods

• Hard-cooked rice and cereals

• Hard crackers

Protein-rich Foods

• Litid (ligament e.g. beef)

Vegetables

• Raw or half-cooked 

Fruit

• Hard

Beverages

• Alcoholic beverages, coffee, tea and cola drinks

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