Flavour Creations

Just days to go! 🏆

On Tuesday 13 October, we'll announce the winners of the 2026 Texture Modified Food Awards live at the Culinary Competition. It's part of the 43rd Hospitality in Healthcare National Conference at Wrest Point, Hobart.

Now in their fifth year, the Awards continue to shine a light on the chefs, cooks and carers who make every texture-modified meal look, taste and feel like a real dining experience for people living with dysphagia. This year, entries came from across Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, and our judges had their work cut out for them.

Come and celebrate with us, and be in the room when the winners are revealed!

Grab your tickets: https://cstu.io/a732cd/

Today is World Cerebral Palsy Day.

Around 1 in 2 people with cerebral palsy experience swallowing difficulties (Speyer et al., 2019), and research shows these difficulties continue into adulthood. Needs can change across a lifetime, so regular speech pathology review matters at every age.

What helps in practice:

- An individual swallowing assessment and a clear IDDSI level
- Drinks prepared at the same consistency every time
- Cups and positioning that support safe, independent drinking

At Flavour Creations, we're proud to support the families, clinicians and support workers who make this happen every day.

What a couple of days at HCL in Birmingham!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to chat about Argie Wound Care, SCREAMIES and our RTDs. We truely enjoyed every conversation.

A real highlight was hearing Marie Riley OBE, share the latest figures on malnutrition. A powerful reminder of why good nutrition matters and the difference it makes to patient outcomes.

On World Alzheimer’s Day, we’re recognising the role nutrition can play in wound prevention and healing for people living with Alzheimer’s.

As Alzheimer’s progresses, changes in appetite, swallowing, mobility and communication can make it harder to eat and drink well.

Good nutrition supports skin health and the body’s ability to heal, making it an important consideration for people at risk of skin tears, pressure injuries and wounds.

Supporting nutritional needs is one part of providing care that protects health, comfort and dignity.

Is nutrition being overlooked in wound care?

Nutrition plays an important role in wound healing, yet malnutrition remains an often under-recognised and modifiable risk factor for chronic and slow-to-heal wounds.

When the body doesn’t receive enough energy, protein and essential nutrients, it may not have the nutrients needed to support tissue repair and recovery.

Screening for malnutrition risk and referring for appropriate nutrition assessment can help ensure nutritional needs are identified and addressed as part of comprehensive wound care.

Because wound care is about more than the wound. It’s about the whole person.

We’re here at the Dietitians New Zealand !

It’s great to reconnect with the New Zealand dietetics community and hear directly from dietitians about the needs and challenges they’re seeing in practice.

The Flavour Creations team is sharing a range of our nutrition products, including:

• RECOVER Energy + Protein
• Argie Wound Care
• AdVital Complete Nutrition
• SCREAMIES No-Melt Ice-Scream
• instant THICK Liquid

From nutrition support and wound care to dysphagia, there’s been plenty to discuss and share.

Thank you to Dietitians New Zealand for bringing the profession together. We’re looking forward to the rest of the conference.

⏳ One week left — entries close Sunday 6 September.

This is your final reminder to enter the 2026 Texture Modified Food Awards.

Submit a photo of your original IDDSI Level 4 Pureed dish — including garnish — for your chance to win Best Chef and over $4,000 in
prizes.

Multiple entries welcome, each dish must be substantially unique.

Entries close Sunday 6 September at 11:59pm AEST. Don't miss it.

👉 Enter now: https://cstu.io/1f197c

A huge congratulations to Amanda Phyllis from Riverview Lutheran Rest Home, winner of our Nutrition in Wound Healing Promotion!

Amanda has won Wounds Australia Conference Full Registration plus $250 towards travel expenses — a total prize value of $1,525.

Thank you to everyone who entered, and to our judges for sharing their time and expertise:

- Dr Liz Isenring, Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian
- Dr Hailey Donnelly, Accredited Practising Dietitian & Clinician-Researcher
- Nadia Campagnolo, Senior Brand Manager & Accredited Practising Dietitian, Flavour Creations
- Bernadette Eriksen, Founder and CEO, Flavour Creations

Swipe through to read the winning response and meet our judges.

Just two weeks until the Wounds Australia 2026 Conference in Adelaide!

Visit the Flavour Creations team at Stand 94 to sample Argie Wound Care, a nutritional beverage designed to support wound healing.

Explore the role of nutrition in wound healing and discover how targeted oral nutritional supplements can support wound care.

📍 Stand 94 | Adelaide

Four weeks left to enter the 2026 Texture Modified Food Awards. ⏳

If you or anyone you know has been thinking about entering the 2026 Texture Modified Food Awards, now is the moment. Entries close 6 September!

Here's what the judges look for:

✅ Originality — is the dish inspired by someone living with dysphagia?
✅ Creativity — does it have a great name and resemble the original food?
✅ Presentation — is it plated and photographed in an appetising way?

Multiple entries welcome. 👉 https://cstu.io/3b8cdb