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Abstract

A packaged food product includes a container having therein a cup for a food ingredient, at least one dough product and a plastic separator interposed between the cup and the at least one dough product. The separator seats upon a rim of the cup and includes a peripheral side surface in frictional engagement with an inner sidewall of the container. The separator has a convex or dome shape when initially inserted into the container but, when the dough product(s) proof within the container, forces applied to the separator from the developed pressure cause the separator to flatten while radially expanding in order to establish an effective frictional fit with the sidewall of the container. An underside of the separator can optionally include reinforcing ribs.

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