Meat treatment systems and methods

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A - Human Necessities

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A23L 1/272 (2006.01) A23B 4/16 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2572371

The present invention relates to the use of carbon monoxide as a process aid to enhance the re-bloom of ground beef after packaging in a chub. In the present invention the ground beef is exposed to a treatment gas containing carbon monoxide before being packaged in the chub. The carbon monoxide converts some amount of the myoglobin in the ground beef into carboxymyoglobin, which has a desirable bright-red color. The carboxymyoglobin is not transformed to deoxymyoglobin while in the chub by the enzymes present in the meat. Therefore, when the chub is opened by a consumer or intermediate retailer the presence of the carboxymyoglobin enhances the re-bloom.

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