Method and Apparatus for a Squeezable Food Container Having a Direct Feeding Tube Connector

A prepackaged, one-time-use, meal-appropriate, enteral food dispenser comprising:

• a sealed package comprised, at least in substantial part, of flexible material;
• a bolus of squeezable food that is prepackaged within the sealed package;
• a dispensing port comprising a direct feeding tube connector that extends outwardly of the sealed package by no more than about ten centimeters;
• such that when the sealed package is squeezed, the bolus of squeezable food will exit the sealed package and enter a feeding tube via the dispensing port.

A method comprising:

• providing a container that is sized no larger than a single meal, the container being at least substantially comprised of readily-deformable material and having a dispensing port comprising a direct connection compatible with an enteral feeding tube administration port;
• filling the container with a meal-appropriate bolus of squeezable food;
• and
• hermetically sealing the container;
• such that the sealed, filled container can be distributed through at least one channel of commerce to thereby provide the sealed, filled container to a consumer of the food.