US 12,077,342 B2
Packaged yogurt-based food product and method for packaging the yogurt-based food product
Rob G Clements, Plymouth, MN (US); Paul Allen Grube, Jordan, MN (US); William R Lloyd, III, Chanhassen, MN (US); John Thomas Lund, Dedham, MA (US); David L Persells, New Richmond, WI (US); and Terry W Ziegler, St. Louis Park, MN (US)
Assigned to General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Mar. 26, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/365,193.
Application 16/365,193 is a division of application No. 15/797,154, filed on Oct. 30, 2017, granted, now 11,401,075.
Prior Publication US 2019/0217993 A1, Jul. 18, 2019
Int. Cl. B65D 25/54 (2006.01); A23C 9/133 (2006.01); B65B 3/04 (2006.01); B65B 39/00 (2006.01); B65D 85/72 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 25/54 (2013.01) [A23C 9/133 (2013.01); B65B 3/04 (2013.01); B65B 39/00 (2013.01); B65D 85/72 (2013.01); A23C 2270/05 (2013.01); B65B 2220/14 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A packaged food product comprising:
a container including a bottom wall and a sidewall;
a mix-in located in the container, wherein the mix-in is in contact with the bottom wall and the sidewall, the mix-in has a viscosity wherein the mix-in in contact with the sidewall remains in contact with the sidewall, a height of the mix-in is greater at the sidewall than at a center point of the bottom wall, the mix-in does not cover the center point of the bottom wall, and the height of the mix-in decreases from the sidewall toward the center point of the bottom wall; and
a dairy or plant-based product located in the container and disposed upon the mix-in,
wherein the container is fully or partially transparent or translucent from the bottom wall to the height of the mix-in at the sidewall.