**Acknowledgements**

First, I wish to thank Sophie Turcot for her support in organizing and maintaining our laboratory facilities as well as her reliability and diligence in her scientific work. I wish to acknowledge Francis Villeneuve for his methodical approach in the multiple rheological tests conducted. Finally, I wish to extend my most sincere gratitude to Amélie Giroux, Patricia Décarie and Vivianne Chagnon of the *Association professionnelle des nutritionnistes experts en dysphagie* for their patientcentered approach to clinical nutrition.
