Solution: A texture-aware meal guide: (1) Constraint selector — full liquid, pureed, mashed/soft, or 'soft-chew' — matching recognized dysphagia texture levels (IDDSI framework); (2) Recovery timeline mode for surgical patients — adjusts allowed textures day-by-day post-op with dentist-aligned guidance; (3) Protein and nutrition focus — ensures soft-food eaters still hit protein and fiber targets; (4) Cheap-staple recipes that fit each texture (blended bean soups, soft scrambled eggs, Greek yogurt builds, pureed lentils) rather than expensive pouches; (5) Caregiver mode for feeding elderly relatives safely; (6) Safety flags — foods to avoid at each level (choking/aspiration risk for dysphagia, dislodging-clot risk post-extraction). ICP: Two groups: (1) Acute — people who just had wisdom teeth removed, jaw surgery, a tonsillectomy, or major dental work and face days-to-weeks of soft-food-only eating; they panic, eat ice cream and mashed potatoes, lose protein, and feel terrible. (2) Chronic — denture wearers, the elderly, and people with dysphagia who permanently need texture-modified food.

Texture-level structure mapped to a real clinical framework (IDDSI) plus a surgery-recovery timeline is the differentiator — it makes the guidance safe and credible, not just a soft-food blog list. The nutrition-adequacy focus (protein/fiber within texture limits) solves the actual health failure of soft-food diets.

“Similar to how Spoonful and similar apps served specific dietary-restriction niches (allergens) that mainstream recipe apps treated as an afterthought. This is the same vertical-constraint play for texture/swallowing — a sharply-defined safety-critical constraint with real medical adjacency and willingness to pay.”