Inventors:
Franco X. Milani - Green Bay WI, US
Susan Frinak - Green Bay WI, US
Donn S. Theuerkauf - Appleton WI, US
Francis J. Parker - Green Bay WI, US
Robert Olsen - Tempe AZ, US
Daniel P. Shannon - Green Bay WI, US
David L. Shaft - Green Bay WI, US
Assignee:
Schreiber Foods, Inc. - Green Bay WI
International Classification:
B65B 25/06, A23L 1/38
US Classification:
426414, 426410, 426633, 426 90, 426106
Abstract:
Packaged food portions, such as food slices, consisting of two or more food items, such as peanut butter and jelly, and processes for making them. The food portion is provided with sufficient viscosity and textural properties to enable its formation into a cohesive mass which can be extruded while maintaining the individual identity and organoleptic attributes of each food item within the food portion. The food portion may be shaped into a slice or other configuration prior to or during its encasing within a flexible packaging material. Product formulations which provide for minimal moisture migration between the different food items within the food portion and for optimum product stability, as well as processes and methods for providing and processing these formulations, are also disclosed.