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Textured fruit salad recipe – IDDSI Level 4

Jul 30, 2025

Texturising food is key to ensuring that people with dysphagia can enjoy safe, nutritious and visually appealing meals.

In this post, you’ll discover how to prepare a textured fruit salad using natural fruits while preserving their colour, flavour, and essential nutrients. Thanks to the cutter-emulsifier and the use of xanthan gum, we’ve adapted this classic recipe to an IDDSI Level 4 texture without giving up the pleasure of taste.

Ingredients (8 servings):

  • 675 g pineapple
  • 1000 g peach
  • 500 g strawberries
  • Natural yoghurt (as needed during preparation)
  • Xanthan gum (as needed for correct texture)

Preparation:

1. Prepare all the fruits, removing the skin and any pits.

For the pineapple

2. Blend the pineapple in the cutter-emulsifier at speed 10 for 2 minutes.

3. Check the texture. Add xanthan gum and blend again at speed 5 for 1 more minute. Repeat if needed until you achieve the desired texture.

For the peach

4. Blend the peach in the cutter-emulsifier at speed 10 for 3 minutes.

5. Check the consistency. Often, the smooth pulp of the peach already achieves an IDDSI Level 4 texture when blended. If it doesn’t, add xanthan gum and blend again for 1 minute at speed 5.

For the strawberries

6. Blend the strawberries in the cutter-emulsifier at speed 10 for 2 minutes.

7. Check the texture. Continue adding xanthan gum and blending again at speed 5 for 1 minute until the texture is correct.

Plating

8. To serve, layer the fruit salad in a glass or transparent cup to highlight the colourful appearance of the fruits. Start with a base of pineapple, followed by yoghurt, then peach, and finish with strawberry.

Chopped fruit - IDDSI Level 7
Textured fruit salad recipe – IDDSI Level 4

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