Food Textures Table Textures Description Examples Student eats meal as prepared. Regular Any food No texture restrictions Meal is cut into smaller than bite sized pieces (1/2 Chopped ½ inch inch) and served with sauce Meat is ground and vegetables and starches (i.e. Fine pasta) are cut into even smaller pieces than 1/8 inch Chopped chopped texture (1/8 inch) and served with a sauce
Food Textures Table Textures Description Examples Regular Student eats meal as prepared. No texture restrictions Any food Chopped Meal is cut into smaller than bite sized pieces (1/2 inch) and served with sauce ½ inch Fine Chopped Meat is ground and vegetables and starches (i.e. pasta) are cut into even smaller pieces than chopped texture (1/8 inch) and served with a sauce 1/8 inch
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