Microwavable pasta in a bowl

US6217918A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Bestfoods · US

Inventors

• Nam H. Oh · Hackettstown, US
• Silverio Luiz Tecedor · Harrington Park, US
• Richard F. Schryer · High Bridge, US
• Edward J. Meyers, Jr. · Roselle Park, US
• M. Magdy Hefnawy · Dover, US
• Harry A. Rubbright · Mendota Heights, US
• Nelson J. Beall · Saint Michael, US
• Stephen Gaeta · Flemington, US
• M. Debbie Meiners · Somerville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 17, 1998
• Grant date: Apr 17, 2001
• Expiry date: Dec 17, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2581/346
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A convenience food product comprising a microwavable pasta packaged in a container which facilitates even cooking in a microwave oven. The product can further comprise an improved hydratable sauce in the form of granules which tend not to form clumps upon the addition of water or milk and requires minimal stirring.