Ready-to-eat food for infants and small children and method for its preparation

• Main Authors: ZAHNER, PETER, REINL, HUBERT, SANTANA, RUBEN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 31.05.2006
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; DAIRY PRODUCTS, e.g. MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGINGARTICLES OR MATERIALS; MAKING THEREOF; MILK OR CHEESE SUBSTITUTES; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY ASINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; STORING; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRANSPORTING; UNPACKING

Pre-packed spoonable food for infants or young children comprises a multi-component meal of porridge- or gel-like structure where at least 2 unmixed components are visually distinguishable and take up at least 2 volume parts of the container, the boundary between the parts is visible as a contour line on the product surface and runs vertically. An Independent claim is included for production of the food by filling a container with two pasty or gelable food components in such a way that one component at least partly and visibly surrounds the other (central) component in ring-like fashion.