Pouch meal and method of preparing same
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsGöran Nilsson, Elisabeth Sjöberg
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Abstract
The invention relates to a steamable pouch meal for preparation, e.g., in a microwave oven. The pouch meal comprises i) a plurality of frozen food pieces comprising at least two different types of food and, optionally, a quantity of frozen sauce or liquid seasoning, and ii) a pouch containing the frozen food pieces, the pouch at least partially comprised of a mesh material, the mesh material adapted to permit a first portion of steam produced upon heating the pouch and its contents to escape from the pouch while maintaining a second portion of steam within the pouch to create a steam environment therein for heating the food pieces. The mesh material additionally serves to retain sauce or liquid seasoning and juice from the food pieces within the pouch.
Claims15
A steamable pouch meal comprising:
- (i) a plurality of pieces of frozen food, wherein said frozen food includes at least two different foods and a frozen liquid;
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- (ii) a steamable pouch having inner and outer surfaces and containing the frozen food pieces therein, with at least a portion of both the inner and outer surfaces of the pouch being made of a mesh material having hole sizes of at least about 425 microns but less than about 500 microns and a hole distribution ranging from 80 to 100 holes per square centimeter to both:
- (a) permit a first portion of steam produced upon heating said pouch and its contents to escape from the pouch while maintaining a second portion of steam within said pouch to create a steam environment therein for heating said food pieces;
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- (b) retain said liquid within the pouch upon heating.
A steamable pouch meal comprising
- (i) a plurality of pieces of frozen food, wherein said frozen food includes at least two different foods and a frozen liquid;
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- (ii) a steamable pouch having inner and outer surfaces and containing the frozen food pieces therein, said pouch being made of a mesh material that forms both the inner and outer surfaces of the pouch;
- wherein the mesh material has hole sizes of at least about 425 microns but less than about 500 microns and a hole distribution ranging from 80 to 100 holes per square centimeter to both:
- (a) permit a first portion of steam produced upon heating said pouch and its contents to escape from the pouch while maintaining a second portion of steam within said pouch to create a steam environment therein for heating said food pieces;
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- (b) retain said liquid within the pouch upon heating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.