Patent ID: 6203831
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: A23G

Abstract:
A process for preparing a three-layered food composition contained in a container which consists essentially of conveying a line of a plurality of containers in a system with machinery which is under a condition selected from the group consisting of ultrahygienic and aseptic conditions and which are suitable for being sealed with a lid and for containing the three layered components, and in sequence, (i) introducing a heat-treated food component into the containers conveyed in an amount so that the heat-treated food component is contained within and occupies a portion of each container to provide a first multi-layer product food component portion, (ii) spraying into the containers conveyed and which contain the first food component a sterilized composition component which comprises a fat under a pressure between 5 bar and 200 bar and at a temperature between 20.degree. C. and 60.degree. C. so that the sterilized fat-containing composition is sprayed onto the first food component portion in the containers conveyed to cover the first food component portion with a continuous layer of the sterilized composition and so that the layer has a thickness between 0.1 mm and 3 mm, (iii) introducing a heat-treated food component onto that sterilized composition layer in the containers conveyed to provide a second multi-layer product food component portion, and (iv) sealing the containers with a lid and wherein the heat-treated food components are the same or different and have a Bostwick viscosity which is sufficient so that the sterilized composition layer does not penetrate the first food component and which is not more than 8 at 120 seconds at 20.degree. C. and wherein the fat-containing composition is sprayed so that the fat-containing composition layer has a thickness between the 0.1 mm and 3 mm and wherein the thickness is sufficient so that the two food component portions are separated one from the other.