Curwood, Inc.

Ryan Arthur Michaud

Kevin Philip Nelson

Dan G Siegel

Otacilio Teixeira Berbert

Gregory Robert Pockat

Thomas Andrew Schell

Douglas Mark Latreille

Matthew LeRoy Mengel

Food packaging articles, food packaging webs, and food packaging methods comprising a myoglobin blooming agent and synergist that promote or preserve the desirable appearance of food products are provided. The food contact layer of the packaging webs may comprise a myoglobin blooming agent and a synergist.

Webs with synergists that promote or preserve the desirable color of meat

A method of distributing or commercializing fresh meat having the general steps of butchering a slaughtered animal into a plurality of retail cuts; packaging the retail cuts into a plurality of articles wherein each article comprises a polymeric oxygen barrier film having a transparent portion in contact with at least a portion of the fresh meat product; transporting the packaged article to a retail outlet, wherein the packaged article is adapted for retail display and sale without removing the polymeric film and wherein the fresh meat product has a desirable appearance especially a desirable red color e.g. having an 'a*' value of at least about 15 for the fresh beef product or of at least about 6 for a fresh pork or fresh poultry product and the color is maintained for at least five days and up to four weeks or more after display.

Method for distributing a myoglobin-containing food product

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Appleton, WI, United States of America

Ryan Arthur Michaud