(57) Packaged food items, such as a fresh, ready to eat salad, comes in a container maintaining
a substantially inert, low pressure atmosphere therein. The salad includes a salad
dressing positioned lowermost in the container and a lettuce item positioned upper
most in the container. Various additional food items are positioned within the container
between the salad dressing and the lettuce item. The additional food items include
pickled, raw or cooked vegetable items, grain or pasta items, protein items and cheese
items. All of the food items are present in different measured proportions depending
on the combination of items in the container. The additional food items are layered
in a particular order also dependent upon the combination of items present in the
container.
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