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Everybody eats.How does foodfeel to you?
Too dry. Too sticky. Hard to swallow. Put it into words in about three minutes.
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Bread or toast
Starts soft, turns pasty.
That’s the whole idea. Your profile asks this for foods, drinks and pills.
Meet Bolus
Say hi to Bolus.
A bolus is the soft ball a bite becomes before you swallow.
Tap him. Pull him. Give him a bite.
Feed Bolus. Drag a food to his mouth, or press it.
Did you know?
You swallow all day. Almost nobody talks about it.
Most people swallow hundreds of times a day. We notice almost none of them.
About 1 in 4
adults has heard of the medical word for it, compared with 99 in 100 for insomnia.
2,000 US adults, census-matched survey. Assessing Public Awareness and Understanding of Dysphagia, 2025.
Recognise the word
15 million
adults in the United States reported a swallowing problem in a single year.
US adults, National Health Interview Survey, 2022. Bhattacharyya et al., American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2024.
15 to 22%
of older adults living at home are affected.
Community-dwelling adults over 50. ASHA Practice Portal, Adult Dysphagia, 2024.
Fewer than 1 in 4
people with a swallowing problem saw a health professional about it.
US adults reporting a swallowing problem, National Health Interview Survey. Disparities in self-reported dysphagia and treatment among U.S. adults, 2022.
These numbers are about groups of people, not you. Food Feel does not diagnose.
The same bowl
Same food. Different story.
Smooth to one person, sticky to the next. Easy on Tuesday, hard on Thursday.
Food Feel keeps your words, and when.
People called this bowl:
smoothcrunchystickydryEverybody eats
Which food is yours?
Seven kinds of food, drink and pills. Tap the one you think about most. You can skip any you never have.
How it works
Three minutes. Three steps.
Tap the words that fit.
Smooth, dry, sticky, crunchy. Pick what you notice. There are no right answers.
Bread or toast
What do you notice?
- Soft
- Dry
- Pasty
- Sticky
Say how hard it is.
Five choices, from very easy to very difficult. Skip any food you never have.
How hard is it to swallow?
- Very easy
- Easy
- Takes some work
- Difficult
- Very difficult
Words, not numbers. No score.
See your profile.
Your words, where you felt it, and what stood out. Keep it or save it as a PDF.
Your Food Feel ProfileExample How each kind went
- PillsDifficult to Very difficult
- DryTakes some work
- ChewyEasy to Takes some work
- DrinksVery easy
Where it was felt
Throat · 3 timesChest · 1 timePills stood outYour pill ratings were the hardest.Example answers. No score. Not a diagnosis.
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Understand what keeps showing up.
Your patterns, changes over time, and lessons picked for what you record.
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Short, plain answers.
How eating and swallowing work. Each one says when to ask for help.
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The words come from swallowing experts. Food Feel is for learning. It is not a medical test. About Food Feel
