Package containing a snack of a cured food product

Abstract

Package which comprises a wrapper (2) and a predetermined quantity of a cured food product, the wrapper (2) comprising two flexible laminates (2a, 2b) of plastic placed on opposing sides of the cured food product next to each other and joined together at marginal regions (5) around the cured food product arranged forming an elongated strip with an average thickness (G) and an average width (A), being said average thickness (G) at least 20% of said average width (A); and the wrapper (2) includes an easy-opening device (4) in an adjacent position to an end to provide, when tearing it, an open end (6) through which the portions of the cured food product are gradually extracted by a pressure exerted manually over a region of the wrapper (2) adjacent to an end opposite said open end (6).

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RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims priority to Spanish application No. 201730071 filed 26 Jan. 2017, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth in their entirety.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The present invention concerns, in general, a package containing a snack of a cured food product and specifically a snack including an individual ration with portions of a cured food product vacuum packed in a wrapper made from a sheet of plastic material. The cured food product can comprise, for example, blocks or shavings of cured ham, blocks of cold meats, and blocks of cheese, among others, preferably said cured food products have a high content of fats or oils, or they have been macerated in fats or oils.STATE OF THE ART[0003]The commercialization of quantities corresponding to multiple rations of portions of cured food products which are vacuum-packed in a wrapped package made up of a flexible sheet of a plastic material optionally equipped with an eas...

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Benefits of technology

[0005]The present invention contributes to mitigating the previously cited and other inconveniences by providing a package containing a snack of a cured food product which comprises a wrapper containing an individual ration of portions of the cured food product, wherein the wrapper comprises two flexible laminates, made of a plastic material, placed on opposing sides o

Problems solved by technology

However, an inconvenience of this presentation is that once the wrapper of the package has been opened, the multiple rations of portions of the cured food product contained in said package must be consumed in a short period of time to avoid their deterioration.

Another inconvenience resides in the difficulty of extracting the portions of the cured food product from the inside of the package without staining our hands with grease from the own cured food product, due to the fact that the multiple rations are arranged in a flat manner and extending along the package, which forces fingers to be introduced in the package or tear the wrapper of the package completely to gain ac

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