Abstract: An animated food, containing a food animating product and method is disclosed. The animating food product is edible and animates the food by dispersing an outer mass in liquid and revealing an inner mass of the animating food portion that is different in appearance from the appearance of the animating mass prior to dispersion.

Abstract: A frozen pizza product, particularly adapted for cooking and/or reheating in a microwave oven, and method of making such product. The pizza product of the invention includes a crust comprised of first and second crust elements with the first crust element being comprised of a baked cracker-type dough material having a moisture content of about 5% or less, with the second crust element being a baked bread dough type crust having a moisture content of about 20%-40%. The bread dough crust portion immediately overlies the cracker dough crust portion and, in use, the cracker crust is adapted to absorb excess moisture created during microwave cooking of the product. The method includes separately forming and, in some cases, baking the crust portions and then placing the two crust portions for overlying relation before adding a pizza sauce or other topping to the product.