Patent ID: 8110259

Claim:
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/in 2 or less.