Patent ID: 8003143

Claim:
A process for filling a container with food characterized by repeating the following steps: (A) a first portion of the food articles is conveyed with a conveying element having a conveyor outlet and is discharged into the container at a lower conveying speed, such that the first portion accumulates in the container at a first location closer to the conveyor outlet; (B) thereafter, a second portion of the food articles is conveyed on the conveying element and is discharged into the container at a higher conveying speed, such that the second portion accumulates in the container at a second location further away from the conveyor outlet; and (C) adding a cooling medium to the container, the cooling medium selected from the group of liquid nitrogen and solid carbon dioxide, wherein the cooling medium is added to the container either by: (1) adding the cooling medium to the first location when the first portion of articles are accumulating at the first location and adding cooling medium to the second location when the second portion of articles are accumulating at the second location; or (2) adding the cooling medium to the first location when the second portion of articles are accumulating at the second location and adding the cooling medium to the second location when the first portion of articles are accumulating at the first location.