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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 1996
Filed:
May. 10, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles E Sizer, Hawthorn Woods, IL (US);
Assignee:
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance SA, Pully, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426392 ; 426394 ; 426399 ; 426406 ; 426407 ; 426521 ; 53127 ; 53440 ; 53467 ;
Abstract
A liquid food product packaging process and apparatus is disclosed. The process may be employed for filling gable top cartons with high acid liquids such as orange juice. The product is heated to a sufficiently high temperature to sterilize the product for a short period of time and then cooled to an intermediate temperature that is sufficiently high to avoid the growth of bacteria, and at the intermediate temperature, the product is placed in unsealed gable top cartons. The cartons are sealed and allowed to cool to room temperature. This process produces a food package that has high seal integrity and relatively low carton distortion.