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Patent US8110259
Issued 2012-02-07
Packaging Articles, Films And Methods That Promote Or Preserve The Desirable Color Of Meat
Food packaging articles, food packaging films, and food packaging methods comprising a myoglobin blooming agent that promote or preserve the desirable appearance of food products are provided. The food contact layer of the packaging films comprises a myoglobin blooming agent.
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- 1. A food packaging article for fresh uncured meat products having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the article comprising:
a food contact layer comprising a myoglobin blooming agent, wherein the myoglobin blooming agent is selected from the group consisting of nitrosodisulfonates, transition metal/nitroso complexes, organic nitro compounds, organic nitroso compounds, O-nitrosylated compounds, S-nitrosylated compounds, nonoate compounds, furoxans, oxatriazole-5-imines, sydnonimines, oximes, nitrogen heterocycles; and an oxygen barrier layer; wherein the myoglobin blooming agent is present on the food contact layer surface in a concentration sufficient to produce a desirable surface coloration of the meat product and prevent undesirable extension of the color into the body of the meat product; wherein the concentration of myoglobin blooming agent is 0.900 mg/in2 or less.
