Packaged food portions, such as food slices, consisting of two or more
food items, such as peanut butter and jelly, and processes for making
them. The food portion is provided with sufficient viscosity and textural
properties to enable its formation into a cohesive mass which can be
extruded while maintaining the individual identity and organoleptic
attributes of each food item within the food portion. The food portion
may be shaped into a slice or other configuration prior to or during its
encasing within a flexible packaging material. Product formulations which
provide for minimal moisture migration between the different food items
within the food portion and for optimum product stability, as well as
processes and methods for providing and processing these formulations,
are also disclosed.