Shrinkable, conformable microwave wrap
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorHua-Feng Huang
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Abstract
A heat shrinkable film is useful for packaging and for cooking a food item in a microwave oven is provided, which comprises a layer of flexible, heat resistant, microwave transparent base film which exhibits shrinkage of at least about 10% when heated unrestrained to 100.degree. C. for 5 seconds, and a layer of microwave susceptor material extending over the base film in an amount sufficient to cause the film to heat under microwave cooking conditions to provide browning or crisping of the food item.
Claims15
A heat shrinkable film useful for packaging and for cooking in a microwave oven of at least one food item which requires surface browning or crisping, comprising
- (a) at least one layer of flexible, heat resistant, microwave transparent base film which exhibits shrinkage of at least about 10% when heated unrestrained to 100.degree. C. for 5 seconds, and
- (b) at least one partially transmissive layer of microwave susceptor material extending over at least a portion of the base film and present in an amount sufficient to cause the film to heat under microwave cooking conditions to a temperature suitable for browning or crisping of a food item placed adjacent thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.