Compact package for food product

A compact food package hermetically sealing a perishable food snack for transport in commerce and sale in a space confined environment, the overall shape of said package being of a height above a bottom thereof which is greater than its width, and less than its length, and thus of a shape which can stand up on its bottom in a confined space,

• said package formed of a material sufficiently rigid to maintain its shape and prevent physical damage to the food contents during normal travel of the package in commerce, said package also being transparent so as to permit viewing of food contents prior to opening of the package,
• said package comprising,
• opposed rigid upper and lower parts, each part comprising flanges in respective reference plans, which reference planes are generally adjacent and parallel to each other,
• a hinge means joining opposed side flanges along one side of the package, such that the two parts fold about said hinge means, bringing the flanges of the upper and lower parts toward each other, such that the outer periphery of the upper and lower flanges essentially mate with each other, and such that the upper and lower parts are of essentially the same height above the below their respective flanges,
• and a flexible film covering the recessed compartments and attached to the flanges surrounding such recessed compartments, essentially in their respective reference planes, air-tightly sealing the contents within their respective compartments,
• the upper part having a compartment running essentially the full length and width of the package, a farinaceous food product contained within said compartment of the upper part, the lower part having at least two compartments, each containing a proteinaceous food product which has a higher density than the food product in the upper part, the compartment of the upper part thus being a large compartment, namely larger than the compartments of the lower part.