DEVICE FOR PACKAGING A FOOD PRODUCT, SUCH AS A CHEESE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF

The present invention relates to a device for packaging a food product such as an individual portion of cheese, and to a method of manufacturing this packaging device. A device (1) according to the invention comprises two containers (2 and 3) sealed together at two respective peripheral rims (2a and 3a) that these containers have in order together to delimit a wall of a closed cavity containing the product (4) to be packaged, these rims extending respectively towards the outside of the containers in the form of two opening tabs (2b and 3b) facing each other which can be detached from one another by pulling in order to open up the device by detaching the rims, the device comprising a means (5) for grasping the product which is mounted secured to the latter inside the cavity, the grasping means passing through the wall of the cavity by extending beyond the tabs, which are sealed onto the grasping means. According to the invention, the grasping means has a rigid structure that sticks to the product and a substantially flat geometry, the tabs being bonded to the respective two faces of the grasping means.