227results about "Packaging milk" patented technology

Methods for storing human breast milk, preserving its natural flavor and nutritional content. Through the use of an apparatus such as a breast pump, breast milk is expressed from a lactating woman. The milk is transferred through a fill line into a storage container. After the container is substantially filled with breast milk, the fill line is decoupled from the breast pump output, and a vacuum is applied to the line. After the remaining air is evacuated from the container, an isolation valve in the fill line is closed, sealing the container in an evacuated condition. The fill line is removed from the valve, and the container is placed into a freezer or refrigerator for storage. When ready for use, the container is removed from the freezer or refrigerator, the milk is thawed, and the vacuum is broken, allowing removal of the milk for transfer to a bottle.

A food and beverage Appliance is described which enables storage and consumption of a food and beverage snack, such as cereal and milk, in a portable form factor suitable to consume the snack while in motion or during or after traveling. The Appliance stores the food and beverage separately to preserve the crispiness and freshness. It dispenses the food and beverage separately and non-simultaneously to preserve the crispiness and freshness until tasting, and to allow the user to control exactly the size of each portion dispensed. The Appliance prevents leakage of the beverage out it its container, whether during filling, storage, traveling, or dispensing, to avoid getting the food soggy prior to dispensing and to avoid messes. The Appliance includes unique functional elements to make these uses possible and make its use personal and customizable, practical, desirable, safe, non-messy, easily cleanable, and preferred, thus literally enabling a new revolution in healthy snacking. Novel features make it either reusable or disposable. It is also ideal for a use in and creating a new revenue category for takeout restaurants and to increase customer traffic, and also ideal for pre-packaged retail applications to boost food sales.

Packaging / storage shaped articles, for example, opaque bottles suited for storing and shielding such products as milk away from the adverse effects of visible and UV radiation, are manufactured by first providing / formulating precursor compositions which include a polyester or polylactone thermoplastic matrix having at least one mineral filler distributed therethrough, the mineral filler containing a titanium oxide and / or zinc sulfide and also having from 2% to 40% by weight of the composition, and thence converting the composition into such packaging / storage shaped article, notably by injection-blow molding.