CA2076368A1 - Package assembly and method for microwave heating of low moisture food products - Google Patents

Package assembly and method for microwave heating of low moisture food products

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CA2076368A1
CA2076368A1 CA2076368A CA2076368A CA2076368A1 CA 2076368 A1 CA2076368 A1 CA 2076368A1 CA 2076368 A CA2076368 A CA 2076368A CA 2076368 A CA2076368 A CA 2076368A CA 2076368 A1 CA2076368 A1 CA 2076368A1
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low moisture
package assembly
food products
microwave heating
moisture food
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CA2076368C (en
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Hanny Kanafani
Bobby J. Longan
Paul R. Schmidt
Lawrence W. Wisdom
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Frito Lay North America Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/34—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents for packaging foodstuffs or other articles intended to be cooked or heated within the package
    • B65D81/3446—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents for packaging foodstuffs or other articles intended to be cooked or heated within the package specially adapted to be heated by microwaves
    • B65D81/3461—Flexible containers, e.g. bags, pouches, envelopes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2581/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D2581/34—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents for packaging foodstuffs or other articles intended to be cooked or heated within
    • B65D2581/3401—Cooking or heating method specially adapted to the contents of the package
    • B65D2581/3402—Cooking or heating method specially adapted to the contents of the package characterised by the type of product to be heated or cooked
    • B65D2581/3405—Cooking bakery products
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2581/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D2581/34—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents for packaging foodstuffs or other articles intended to be cooked or heated within
    • B65D2581/3401—Cooking or heating method specially adapted to the contents of the package
    • B65D2581/3429—Packages containing a secondary product to be cooked and discharged over the primary product
    • B65D2581/3432—Packages containing a secondary product to be cooked and discharged over the primary product the secondary product, e.g. flavouring sauce, being enclosed in a second package
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S99/00—Foods and beverages: apparatus
    • Y10S99/14—Induction heating

Abstract

A novel package assembly and method are disclosed whereby a food product (20) having a moisture content of less than 5 weight percent is disposed in a sealed package (10) in which a sealed packet (22) of an aqueous solution (24) is also disposed, so that upon exposure to microwave radiation, the solution (21) in the sealed packet (22) vaporizes, ruptures the packet and is dispersed as steam throughout the sealed package (10), whereby the temperature of the low moisture food product (20) is increased.
CA002076368A 1990-02-20 1991-02-07 Package assembly and method for microwave heating of low moisture food products Expired - Fee Related CA2076368C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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US07/483,494 US4987280A (en) 1990-02-20 1990-02-20 Method for microwave heating of low moisture food products
US483,494 1990-02-20
PCT/US1991/000796 WO1991013528A1 (en) 1990-02-20 1991-02-07 Package assembly and method for microwave heating of low moisture food products

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CA2076368A1 true CA2076368A1 (en) 1991-08-21
CA2076368C CA2076368C (en) 1999-09-28

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US (1) US4987280A (en)
EP (1) EP0443791B1 (en)
CA (1) CA2076368C (en)
DE (1) DE69104863T2 (en)
ES (1) ES2066344T3 (en)
GR (1) GR3014941T3 (en)
WO (1) WO1991013528A1 (en)

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US4987280A (en) 1991-01-22
DE69104863D1 (en) 1994-12-08
EP0443791B1 (en) 1994-11-02
ES2066344T3 (en) 1995-03-01
GR3014941T3 (en) 1995-05-31
CA2076368C (en) 1999-09-28
EP0443791A2 (en) 1991-08-28
DE69104863T2 (en) 1995-06-08
WO1991013528A1 (en) 1991-09-05
EP0443791A3 (en) 1992-04-08

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