Packaged yogurt-based food product and method for packaging the yogurt-based food product
A yogurt-based food product is packaged in a container, including a bottom wall and a sidewall, by depositing a mix-in in a center of the bottom wall and then driving the mix-in from the center of the bottom wall to the sidewall with a blast of gas. Afterwards, a dairy or plant-based product is deposited in the container. The mix-in is in contact with the bottom wall and the sidewall, and a height of the mix-in is greater at the sidewall than at a center point of the bottom wall.
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.
2. The packaged food product of claim 1 , wherein the mix-in is in the shape of a torus.
3. The packaged food product of claim 1 , wherein the mix-in is not splattered over the sidewall.
4. The packaged food product of claim 1 , wherein the container is made from glass.
5. The packaged food product of claim 1 , wherein the mix-in comprises fruit or coconut.
6. The packaged food product of claim 5 , wherein the fruit is strawberries, blueberries, cherries, lemons or peaches.
7. The packaged food product of claim 5 , wherein the mix-in comprises coconut.
8. The packaged food product of claim 1 , wherein the dairy or plant-based product comprises milk.
9. The packaged food product of claim 8 , wherein the dairy or plant-based product further comprises a yogurt culture.
10. The packaged food product of claim 1 , wherein the dairy or plant-based product comprises yogurt.
11. 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 the shape of a torus and in contact with the bottom wall and the sidewall, a height of the mix-in is greater at the sidewall than at a center point of the bottom wall, and a majority of the mix-in is located at an intersection of the bottom wall and the sidewall; and
a dairy or plant-based product located in the container and disposed upon the mix-in in the shape of a torus.
12. The packaged food product of claim 11 , wherein at least a portion of the sidewall is transparent or translucent.
13. The packaged food product of claim 11 , wherein the dairy or plant-based product comprises milk.
14. The packaged food product of claim 13 , wherein the dairy or plant-based product further comprises a yogurt culture.
15. The packaged food product of claim 11 , wherein the dairy or plant-based product comprises yogurt.