The epitome of convenient, singleserve food in plastic packaging is a newly launched line of shelfstable, microwavable healthy choice meals from conagra foods of omaha, ne. Promoted as a healthful, portable lunch option for busy deskbound employees, the fresh mixers&trade line uses several interlocking plastic packaging components that enable quick and handy meal preparation and consumption. Each of the six varieties includes rice or pasta along with a separately packaged serving of sauce and meat. With the growing trend of office workers working harder and increasingly eating at their desks, people are getting into a lunch rut of eating the same food every week because of the lack of convenient and healthy lunch options. Strapped for time and cash, majority of working population is compromising on the nutrition and quality of their lunches.similar to healthy choice&rsquos café steamer frozen, microwavable entrées introduced, the fresh mixers line uses the company&rsquos steam cooker&trade technology to circulate steam throughout the primary package during cooking. The package consists of a squat, oblong bowl made of clear polypropylene that holds the uncooked rice or pasta. A second pp tray of the same width rests on the flanges of the primary package and holds the sauce and meat mixture. Presumably this component is retorted to allow for shelf stability. Topping the sauce tray is a heavy film lidstock that has a peelback, pressuresensitive tab placed in its center. Both the bowl and tray are covered with a green, snapfit pp lid dotted with holes for microwave steaming. Covering the top of the lid is a peelback film label with product graphics, conagra mypyramid food guidance information see packworld.compackage25222, and food preparation illustrations. More extensive microwave directions are shown on a ps label on the side of the primary package. The technology behind the meals enables the starch ingredients and sauces to be separated during storage and the overall convenience, taste, quality, and nutritional value of healthy choice fresh mixers are the result of the innovative packaging and cooking technology.
