Food products and methods of preparing the same
AssigneeMonosol, LLC
InventorIchiro Nakano
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Abstract
A packaged product is disclosed that includes a cooking container, a first food product, and a packet filled with a second food product. The cooking container may have a sealed interior volume, and the first food product and the packet may be disposed within the sealed interior volume. The packet may be made of a water-soluble film that is edible. Also disclosed is a method of preparing an instant food product for consumption. The method may include removing a lid from a cooking container containing both a first food product and a packet filled with a second food product. The method may further include adding water to the cooking container to submerge and dissolve the packet.
Claims23
A packaged product comprising:
- a cooking container having an interior volume and an openable end;
- a first food product disposed within the sealed interior volume of the cooking container;
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- a packet filled with a liquid food product and disposed within the sealed interior volume of the cooking container beneath at least a portion of the first food product, the packet being adhered to at least a bottom wall of the cooking container by an edible water-soluble adhesive material applied to at least a central portion of a bottom wall extending across the packet, the packet being made of an edible water-soluble film, the edible water-soluble film comprising a water-soluble mixture of polyvinyl alcohol or a modified polyvinyl alcohol, a compatibilizing agent, and a sugar alcohol plasticizer that is solid at room temperature.
A method of preparing an instant food product for consumption, the method comprising:
- removing a lid from a cooking container containing a first food product and a packet filled with a liquid food product, wherein the packet is made of an edible water-soluble film comprising a water-soluble mixture of polyvinyl alcohol or a modified polyvinyl alcohol, a compatibilizing agent, and a sugar alcohol plasticizer that is solid at room temperature, the packet being adhered to at least a bottom wall of the cooking container by an edible water-soluble adhesive material applied to at least a central portion of a bottom wall extending across the packet;
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- adding a cooking fluid comprising water to the cooking container to dissolve the packet, thereby allowing the dispersion of the liquid food product with the first food product to form a finished food product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.