Abstract: A composite unripened curd cheese product is made by concomitantly side by side filling of distinct adjoining masses in a pot. A first mass may be a fermented milk base or at least one flavoring composition while a second mass is a fermented milk base. These masses are generally of contrasting colors and are arranged side by side such that there is no substantial migration of one mass into the other and each mass is accessible for consumption. To do this, the pot has a base, at least one sidewall extending from the base for defining the filling volume and an open top, and the masses are arranged along the sidewall so that each is accessible through the open top.

Abstract: A composite unripened curd cheese product is made by concomitantly side by side filling of distinct adjoining masses in a pot. A first mass may be a fermented milk base or at least one flavoring composition while a second mass is a fermented milk base. These masses are generally of contrasting colors and are arranged side by side such that there is no substantial migration of one mass into the other and each mass is accessible for consumption. To do this, the pot has a base, at least one sidewall extending from the base for defining the filling volume and an open top, and the masses are arranged along the sidewall so that each is accessible through the open top.

Abstract: Aseptic filling and sealing of packages with a food product is carried out in compartments which contain an atmosphere of sterile air and which contain devices for filling and sealing packages and a transporter device for transporting the packages through the compartments for the filling and sealing operations. Headspace sterile air is removed and displaced from the packages by injection of nitrogen into the packages from a nozzle which is at a fixed position and which directs the nitrogen at an angle with reference to a vertical perpendicular to the horizontal package transport direction and counter to the transport direction.