Cohesive thin liquids to promote safe swallowing in dysphagic patients

A method of treating an individual having a swallowing disorder, the method comprising:

• administering an effective amount of a liquid nutritional product to the individual having the swallowing disorder, the liquid nutritional product comprising a nutritional composition and a plant-derived mucilage selected from the group consisting of kiwi fruit mucilage, mallow mucilage, ribwort mucilage, mullein mucilage, and mixtures thereof, the liquid nutritional product comprises an amount of the plant-derived mucilage such that the liquid nutritional product has an increased cohesiveness relative to the nutritional composition, has a shear viscosity less than about 100 mPas when measured at a shear rate of 50s−1 and has a relaxation time, determined by a Capillary Breakup Extensional Rheometry (CaBER) experiment, more than 10 milliseconds at a temperature of 20° C.