Design of the Compartmented Meal Tray for Simultaneous Thermoprocessing of Foods

摘要

Computer simulations were used to design a three-component meal tray forsimultaneously thermal processing of three different foods. Based on computer predictions, several prototype trays were made and their performance was verified with experiments. Among the prototype trays was the one-tray design, which was flexible enough to accommodate all the menu combinations provided by the U.S. Army Natick Research, Development and Engineering Center (Natick). This design uses paper napkin material to date the heat-sensitive food during retorting.