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Geriatric Food Designer are Food Scientists specializing in edibles for the elderly that will alter texture, flavor, and nutritional value to create foods seniors can enjoy. They have to make the food easy to chew and also enriched with nutrients like vitamin B-12 that can fight common vitamin and mineral deficiencies in the elderly. Seniors age 85 and older suffer from the declining ability to chew and taste that leads to less interest in eating.

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