Discover how your body experiences food.
We guide you through broad types of food, drinks, and pills so patterns do not get missed. First describe neutral features like cold, dry, or crunchy. Then rate difficulty and say what happens when you swallow. You get your own Food Feel™ Profile — a clear picture to keep and share.
A few minutes · Free · Your Food Feel answers stay on this device
- A drinkLiquids move fast
- Something softLittle or no chewing
- A chewy, fork-and-knife foodTakes real chewing
- A mixed foodLiquid and pieces together
- Ground foodSmall soft bits, like rice or ground meat
- Something dryDry foods need more spit
- A pill or vitaminNot food, but you swallow it
Seven broad types · guided one at a time
How it works
Short by design. We guide you through every kind of texture, so nothing gets missed. You can skip any group you never eat.
Check every broad type
We guide you through drinks, soft, chewy, mixed, ground, dry, and pills. You can skip any type you do not eat.
Describe what you notice
Start with neutral texture and temperature words, such as smooth, cold, sticky, crunchy, or dry.
Rate and explain
Then use the difficulty meter and tell us what happens — like it feels fine, makes you cough, or gets stuck.
Get your profile
See a plain summary, your foods on the meter, your body map, and clear next steps.
Same food, different story
Very crunchy can be a joy for one person and a problem for another. That is why we ask what a food feels like first — and only then ask if that feel is okay for you. And if ice cream makes your belly hurt twenty minutes later, that points to digestion, not swallowing. Your Food Feel Profile keeps those apart, so you can bring the right question to the right doctor.
What your profile shows you
You get a clear picture of how eating feels for you right now. It is a tool to help you talk with your care team — not a label, and not a diagnosis.
Your own words
What each food felt like to you — like 'very dry and quite crunchy'.
Your body map
Where you feel things — mouth, throat, chest, or belly.
Your food map
Every food you checked, and how each one sits with you.
Clear next steps
Plain ideas to try, and questions to bring to your care team.
What you feel matters. You are in control.
It takes a few minutes. Then bring your Food Feel Profile to a Swallowing Wellness specialist.
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Food Feel is for learning. It is not a diagnosis. If you are choking or cannot breathe, call 911.