Resource Thickenup Food and Beverage Thickener is clinically shown to reduce the risk of aspiration in patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia, and it provides a consistency that meets National Dysphagia Diet (NDD) standards: nectar-like, honey-like, and pudding-like. This unique thickener gives any hot or cold meal or drink more body while helping your body thrive; pureed foods may have some flavor, but extra texture always helps the taste buds. This instant food and beverage thickener also uses 100% modified cornstarch to thicken quickly without lumping and maintains its consistency overtime, so you can count on Thicken Up to give shape and body to any meal. Plus, Resource Thickenup Food and Beverage Thickener is suitable for lactose-intolerant, low-residue, and kosher diets and for use with the IDDSI Framework; The International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative 2016 @http://iddsi.org/framework/Refer to www.IDDSI.org for drink testing methods: 2-mildly thick, 3-moderately thick, 4-extremely thick; however, it is not formulated for individuals with galactosemia.