Apparatus for shaping and packaging layered spreadable food products

摘要

To fill a container and produce and package portions of spreadable food products in multiple layers, such as differing types of processed cheeses, an apparatus is provided which has means for metering the spreadable food products, compartments for the separate and alternate shaping of layers of differing products and means for ejecting and guiding the layers into a container. Units are also provided for preparing the container upstream of the filling apparatus and for applying a tear strip to the container, and units are provided for applying lids and for sealing the filled container downstream of the filling apparatus.