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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kevin C Spencer, Riverside, IL (US);
Assignee:
American Air Liquide, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23B / ; A21D / ; A21D / ; A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426316 ; 426129 ; 426654 ; 426574 ; 426324 ; 426331 ; 426332 ; 426263 ; 426264 ; 426392 ; 426395 ; 426404 ;
Abstract
A process for preserving the color of red meat, which entails contacting the meat with an effective amount of an atmosphere selected from the group consisting of a noble gas, a mixture of noble gases and a mixture containing at least one noble gas and a carrier gas, the noble gas in the mixture with the carrier gas being selected from the group consisting of argon, neon, xenon an krypton and being present in said mixture in an amount of greater than about 10% by volume.