Method of making and processing cheese in dome containers

摘要

Processes, methods, systems, containers, and apparatus for making and processing pasta filata cheese in dome containers that are packaged in plastic. The novel invention uses a rigid see through plastic dome to safely store the cheese within and can be heat sealed in a bag with a plastic film across the top of the bag and open end of the dome. Another embodiment uses only a plastic film to seal off the open end of the dome without using a bag. The process eliminates the need for a water tank to hold the cheese balls before packaging, where water has allowed for cross contamination of all the balls if one ball is contaminated with bacteria and germs. The plastic dome allows for an aesthetically appearing cheese package that maintains a semi-spherical ball shape with the dents and deformations that occur with the prior art plastic bag packaged cheeses.

主权项

1. A process for packaging cheese comprising the steps of:
providing a plastic dome having an upper open end and a lower rounded closed end, and a rim having a uniform diameter extending outwardly from the upper open end of the plastic dome; providing a plastic bag having an open end and a closed bottom end; providing a single plastic planar film; inserting cheese into the upper open end of the plastic dome; placing the lower rounded closed end of the dome with the cheese into the open end of the plastic bag; and sealing the single plastic planar film to close off the open end of the bag holding the dome and the cheese, and sealing the single plastic planar film to the rim about the open end of the plastic dome.