Microwave batter product
AssigneeGeneral Mills, Inc.
InventorsMichael R. Perry, Joanne J. Garbe, Peter S. Pesheck
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Abstract
Shelf stable microwave dessert packaged food products for individual servings comprise a novel, shielded packaging or container including a microwave shielded cup; a shelf-stable ready-to-heat uncooked product disposed within the cup, a modified low oxygen atmosphere in the headspace above the batter, and a peelably removable, low gas permeability sealing membrane. The articles provide high preparation abuse tolerance notwithstanding the low, controlled portion quantities (100 calorie) of batter.
Claims28
A packaged article for the microwave cooking preparation of a finished baked good exhibiting significant preparation abuse tolerance of overcooking, comprising:
- a cup having:
- a sidewall body having an inner and an outer major surface;
- a bottom attached or extending from the sidewall defining an upper cup open end and an interior cavity, with the interior cavity having a volume ranging from about 50 to 250 cc;
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- a sealing surface proximate the open end, wherein the cup is fabricated from temperature resistant material and has a oxygen gas permeability of about 0.1 cc/package/24 hr. or less,
- an uncooked farinaceous shelf-stable ready-to-cook batter or dough disposed within the interior cavity of the cup,
- a sealing membrane covering the upper cup open end defining a headspace having a modified low oxygen atmosphere, said membrane being peelably removably sealed to the sealing surface forming an hermetic seal and wherein the membrane is fabricated from a low oxygen and carbon dioxide permeability sealing membrane material, and,
- a microwave shield surrounding at least a portion of the sidewall body containing the uncooked shelf-stable ready-to-cook batter or dough configured to reflect sufficient incident microwaves to attenuate microwave transmission at that area to less than 50%.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.