Food product

Food packaging adapted for storing first and second food components separately and for combining them before consumption, the packaging comprising:

• a container;
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• a lid rotatably engageable with the container about an axis of rotation coincident with a central axis of the container, the lid selectively closing the container and having an open concavity selectively separated from an interior of the container by a seal closing off the open concavity of the lid,
• wherein the container comprises a tearing mechanism constructed and arranged to selectively tear the seal along a circumferential direction when the lid is rotated between a pre-tearing position and a tearing position,
• wherein the open concavity of the lid is defined by an edge portion of the lid that lies in a plane skewed to a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the lid, the seal being fixed thereto to the edge portion such that the seal likewise lies in the skewed plane, wherein in the pre-tearing position of the lid, the tearing mechanism is spaced away from the seal along the direction of the axis of rotation of the lid, and in the tearing position the tearing mechanism is relatively closer to the seal to permit tearing of the seal, such that the torn portion of the seal is at a lower most position relative to the plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the lid.

A method of storing and preparing a food product comprising first and second food components for consumption, the method comprising:

• providing an open container containing the first food component, the container including a seal tearing mechanism;
• selectively engaging a concave lid with the container to close the container, a second food component being provided in a concavity of the lid and being selectively separated from the first food component by a seal closing off the concavity of the lid and retaining the second food component therein, wherein the lid is in rotatable engagement with the container about an axis of rotation between a pre-tearing position and a tearing position at which the tearing mechanism tears the seal, the concavity of the lid being defined by an edge portion lying in a plane skewed relative to a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation, the seal being fixed to the edge portion such that the seal likewise lies in the skewed plane;
• prior to consumption, rotating the lid between the pre-tearing position and the tearing position such that the seal is moved towards the seal tearing mechanism in a direction along the axis of rotation until the seal tearing mechanism tears the seal at the tearing position;
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• permitting the second food component to leave the concavity of the lid via the tear in seal formed by the seal tearing mechanism, without fully separating the seal from the lid.