Palatability of Antioxidant Biscuits

Patients who are due to have planned bowel surgery will be invited to take part in the study. Those that consent, will be given a 5 day supply of 'Fitabisc' (a biscuit designed to have the potential to provide nutritional support).Participants will be asked to eat 4 biscuits a day for a minimum of 5 days prior to their surgery before they are admitted to hospital. They will be asked to complete questionnaires to record the palatability of the biscuit, how much of the daily amount they were able to eat and if they could not eat the full amount, the reason for this. Information will also be collected on patient's demographic and clinical details. We will follow participants' progress after surgery so we can be alerted to any possible medium to longer term adverse effects of eating the biscuit, though none are expected.