Table 1.

Three levels of fluid thickness commonly used in dysphagia treatment[11]and commercial comparisons[10,28]

Least thick	Moderate thickness	Most thick
Labels commonly used:	Labels commonly used:	Labels commonly used:
Nectar-thick	Honey-thick	Spoon-thick
Level 150 – Mildly thick	Level 400- Moderately thick	Level 900 – Extremely thick
Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3
Viscosities reported in this range:	Viscosities reported in this range:	Viscosities reported in this range:
51-350 mPa.s	351-1750 mPa.s	> 1750 mPa.s
150 mPa.s	400 mPa.s	900 mPa.s
Comparison thickness with commercially available products:
Water	1 mPa.s
Chocolate milk	56 mPa.s
Whipping cream	100 mPa.s
Chilled tomato soup	250 mPa.s
Tomato sauce	800 mPa.s
Chocolate custard	1870 mPa.s
Pureed peaches	2000 mPa.s