Microwave food heating package with accordion pleats

A microwave heating package containing a susceptor for heating, browning or crisping food, comprising,

• an outer packaging enclosure formed from a material that is at least partially transparent to microwave energy,
• at least two susceptor segments, each comprising a laterally extending sheet of susceptor material for absorbing microwave energy to heat, brown and crisp the food,
• said susceptor segments are present in pairs wherein each segment is paired with a segment above or below it,
• each susceptor segment is folded to have a plurality of parallel, alternatively oppositely directed accordion folds so that each successive fold is bent in the opposite direction from the preceding and succeeding folds to form a plurality of adjacent panels that produce V-shaped pockets in each segment on opposite sides of each fold,
• a food piece is located in each pocket for being heated by the susceptor during heating in a microwave oven,
• said susceptor segments are arranged so that the segments of each pair are located on opposite sides of a piece of food, the arrangement being such that the pockets are aligned on opposite sides of the same food piece with a pocket in one segment of the pair enclosing the food piece on two adjacent upwardly facing sides and a pocket in the other segment of the pair enclosing the same food piece on its two opposite downwardly facing sides,
• said pockets defining chambers for the food pieces that are tipped on an edge with respect to a plane in which a row of said chambers are aligned, and
• the chambers in said row are staggered between the chambers of an adjacent row of chambers.