Traditional breakfast foods are often denied to the tens of thousands of aged care residents who have swallowing difficulties in Australia, but with the new strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards coming in on 1 July 2025, which require providers to tailor meals to individual preferences, that is about to change.
Co-founder and Co-CEO
The Pure Food Co
New Zealand-based texture-modified food provider The Pure Food Co has spent months developing a range of breakfast foods especially for people with swallowing difficulties that offer both familiar breakfast flavours, and are nutritionally rich breakfast options.
The new range includes breakfast classics such as omelettes, French toast, pork sausages, and baked beans (pictured).
The Pure Food Co Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Sam Bridgewater, said, “We know that many aged care operators struggle to provide a wide variety of high quality, nutritious breakfast options that are safe for residents on texture modified diets to eat, and that gap needs to be filled if they’re going to be compliant with the new standards."
Like all their meals, The Pure Food Co's breakfast menu will be enhanced with additional protein and nutrients.
In March, The Pure Food Co announced a partnership with ASX-listed Regis Aged Care to roll out their texture modified range in the provider's 67 aged care homes.
The deal marked a significant expansion in Australia for the group, which has 80% of the New Zealand market.