Harmonie Textures

Nutrition for elderly people with difficulty swallowing

A culinary approach to help seniors live independently

How best to keep elderly people in good health by offering them a balanced diet and significantly reducing the risk of undernutrition? This is what the Harmonie Textures offer is all about.

The aim is to help residents who have difficulty swallowing to rediscover the texture of food through specific recipes. It takes a caring approach that reconciles traditional dishes, nutritional benefits and the pleasure of eating.

Bringing back the pleasure of eating

A dreaded ailment among carers, food going down “the wrong way” remains a condition whose mechanisms are counterintuitive: almost two-thirds of these airway obstructions occur after eating a blended meal.

By reintroducing solids, the Harmonie Textures culinary approach is based on the recommendations of specialists and makes chewing a pleasurable experience, through tasty recipes and texture-rich foods.

An adapted culinary approach

Residents are offered good, healthy products: recipes that reflect Luxembourg traditions and seasonal ingredients, prepared by chefs trained in a quality approach to catering for senior citizens.

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The benefits of Harmonie Textures

Stimulating residents’ appetites
To revive lost appetites, Harmonie Textures offers a range of carefully crafted, comfortingly flavoured and beautifully presented recipes.
Preserving independence
Serving meals in specially designed dishes encourages chewing and helps people to get back to their everyday activities.
Maintaining cognitive faculties
With traditional recipes like proper homely breakfasts, Harmonie Textures stimulates residents’ memories.
Satisfying residents
A 76% reduction in the use of blended meals and a 60% reduction in the use of nutritional supplements are thus helping to prevent malnutrition and significantly improve resident satisfaction.

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Breakfast in a “Pot Gourmand”

Available in enriched and unenriched versions, the “Pot Gourmand” offers a great alternative to traditional breakfasts.

These gourmet recipes use natural ingredients to create sweet dishes with creamy textures or soft pastries that can be washed down with a hot drink of the resident’s choice. A great way to start the day!

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Asserting corporate responsibility

Harmonie Textures reflects Sodexo’s commitments to corporate responsibility. The programme is combined with the Waste Watch initiative, which aims to combat food waste with the aim of limiting the ecological and financial impact of meals.

Sodexo is following the roadmap, which is aligned with the recommendations of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

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Offer your residents gourmet food suitable for people who have difficulty swallowing

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Harmonie Textures

A culinary approach to help seniors live independently

Bringing back the pleasure of eating

An adapted culinary approach

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The benefits of Harmonie Textures

Stimulating residents’ appetites

Preserving independence

Maintaining cognitive faculties

Satisfying residents

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Breakfast in a “Pot Gourmand”

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Asserting corporate responsibility

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Offer your residents gourmet food suitable for people who have difficulty swallowing

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An adapted culinary approach

The benefits of Harmonie Textures

Stimulating residents’ appetites

Preserving independence

Maintaining cognitive faculties

Satisfying residents

Breakfast in a “Pot Gourmand”

Asserting corporate responsibility

Offer your residents gourmet food suitable for people who have difficulty swallowing