(1) Ordinary food: also called ordinary rice, which is the same as what normal healthy people usually eat. It is a balanced diet with sufficient calories, comprehensive nutrition and appropriate proportion. It is suitable for patients without fever and with normal chewing and digestive functions.
(2) Soft rice: soft and easy to chew, suitable for patients with difficulty in chewing and decreased digestive function, as well as the elderly and infants.
(3) Semi-liquid diet: a thin, soft semi-liquid diet, which is easy to chew and digest. It is suitable for patients with elevated body temperature, gastrointestinal digestive dysfunction, chewing difficulty and postoperative patients.
(4) Liquid food: a diet that is liquid in the mouth or dissolved into liquid, such as various gravy, rice soup, milk, steamed egg soup, etc. Suitable for emergency patients, high fever, acute inflammation of digestive tract, after major surgery and extremely weak people.