Abstract:
This invention patent refers to processes and appliance for slicing food, stacking and protecting obtained slices from exposure to the environment, through a continued flexible separator, with foldable flaps, in contact with side, front and rear surfaces of referred slices. There available on the consumer market, at supermarkets and bakeries, manually sliced and stacked cheeses, susceptible to oxidation and contamination. Conditioning of these products in consumer's refrigerator does not provide protection for all contact surfaces of slices, which, often, dry up, become moldy and stick to each other.The proposal of this invention is to protect all contact surfaces of food slices—even after their consumption has already started—when closing entrance doors to a possible contamination, especially for protein food with high moisture content, such as cheeses and sausages which are excellent means of microbial culture.The main technical effect of this invention is the presence of foldable flaps, in the slice protection process. Through the flaps, formed by using a separator with shaft measurements larger than respective slice shaft measurements, that face protection is done corresponding to their thickness, places where the contamination and stacked food oxidation process starts.