General Mills, Inc.

Gary S Bachand

Arne H Brauner

Craig E Zimmermann

Soumya Roy

Jeffrey A Taylor

John P Rebhorn

A rolled food item () is fabricated by rolling a strip of support material () and food () about its leading end () into a roll. Prior to its rolling into the roll, a deposit () of water is sprayed onto the food () adjacent to the trailing end () to increase the tackiness of the food () sufficient to be adherable to the support material () in the roll to at least temporarily prevent unintentional unrolling of the roll during later fabrication operations. In the preferred form, the trailing end of the deposit () is coextensive with the trailing end () of the strip of support material () and food (). In one form, the side edges of the deposit () are spaced inwardly from the side edges of the food () which are spaced inwardly from the side edges of the support material ().

Labelless, rolled food item and its fabrication

A container (10) especially adapted for wedge shaped food products is disclosed including a transparent, thermoformed tray (11) receiving a paperboard product card (32) and sealed by a transparent closure layer (15). The tray (11) includes an isosceles trapezoid shaped bottom (16) and a sidewall (18) formed by a first, isosceles trapezoid shaped end (20), sides (24, 26) extending at an angle between an annular flange (12) and the bottom (16) from their upper edges to their lower edges and from their first end edges to their second end edges, a second trapezoid shaped end (22), and a triangular shaped corner panel (28). The product card (32) includes a bottom portion (34) of a size and shape for abutting with the bottom (16) of the tray (11) and end and side portions (36, 40) integrally connected to the bottom portion (34) about fold lines (38, 42) for abutting with the first end (20) and first side (24) of the tray (11). Printing on the outer surfaces of the product card (32) can be viewed through the bottom (16) and first end (20) and side (24) of the tray (11) while the interior of the tray (11) can be viewed through the second end (22) and side (26) and the corner panel (28) of the tray (11).

Refrigerated food product container

Tray

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Marion, IA, United States of America

Gary S Bachand