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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2000
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);
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);
Schreiber Foods, Inc., Green Bay, WI (US);
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.