Ready-to-assemble, ready-to-eat packaged pizza
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1. A kit for making or assembling a ready-to-eat pizza, said kit comprising a base tray;
- having a plurality of compartments;
one of said compartments includes a shelf defining said compartment into an upper portion and a lower portion;
a sauce packaged in an envelope and placed in said lower portion of said one compartment;
a baked, yeast-raised pizza crust having a water activity in the range of about 0.6-0.85, placed within said upper portion of said one compartment and being partially supported by said sauce envelope in said lower portion of said one compartment;
a first topping consisting of a cheese topping, a second topping selected from the group consisting of a cheese topping and a non-cheese topping, said first and second toppings are placed within said tray; and
a top fitted and sealed to said base tray to thereby hermetically seal said baked, yeast-raised pizza crust and toppings from atmosphere external of said tray.
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Abstract
A baked pizza crust is provided having a water activity in the range of about 0.6-0.85, the baked crust being suitable for use in a refrigerated, ready-to-eat pizza kit. Also provided is a kit for preparing ready-to-eat pizza, the kit including pizza crust, pizza sauce and one or a plurality of pizza toppings which are hermetically sealed from the external atmosphere in a package having a base tray and a top fitted and sealed to the base tray. Preferably, each food item is in a separate compartment sealed from the other food items to substantially retard or prevent flavor, moisture and microbial migration from one food item to another.
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1. A kit for making or assembling a ready-to-eat pizza, said kit comprising a base tray;
- having a plurality of compartments;
one of said compartments includes a shelf defining said compartment into an upper portion and a lower portion;
a sauce packaged in an envelope and placed in said lower portion of said one compartment;
a baked, yeast-raised pizza crust having a water activity in the range of about 0.6-0.85, placed within said upper portion of said one compartment and being partially supported by said sauce envelope in said lower portion of said one compartment;
a first topping consisting of a cheese topping, a second topping selected from the group consisting of a cheese topping and a non-cheese topping, said first and second toppings are placed within said tray; and
a top fitted and sealed to said base tray to thereby hermetically seal said baked, yeast-raised pizza crust and toppings from atmosphere external of said tray. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- having a plurality of compartments;
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10. A kit for making or assembling a ready-to-eat pizza, said kit comprising a base tray having a plurality of compartments;
- one of said compartments includes a shelf defining said compartment into an upper portion and a lower portion;
a sauce packaged in an envelope and placed in said lower portion of said one compartment;
a baked pizza crust placed within said upper portion of said one compartment and being partially supported by said sauce envelope in said lower portion of said one compartment;
a first topping consisting of a cheese topping, a second topping selected from the group consisting of a cheese topping and a noncheese topping;
said first and second toppings are placed within respective other separate ones of said compartments of said tray; and
a top fitted and sealed to said base tray to thereby hermetically seal said baked, crust and toppings from the atmosphere and from each other. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
- one of said compartments includes a shelf defining said compartment into an upper portion and a lower portion;
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