Patent ID: 8318274

Claim:
A shirrable food casing comprising a two-dimensional fiber structure which is coated on one or both sides with acrylic resin, wherein the acrylic resin is combined with at least one polymer other than acrylic and the coating, present on the side of the casing facing food directly contacts the food, the coating-polymer consists of acrylic and at least one polymer other than acrylic, and the polymer other than acrylic is a polyvinylpyrrolidone or a copolymer having vinylpyrrolidone units, a homopolymer or copolymer of or comprises units of vinyl alcohol, a polyalkylene glycol, a polyacrylamide, a polyurethane or a synthetic rubber, the total weight of the coating(s) is 30 to 100 g/m 2 , and the acrylic resin is in the coating on the side facing the food and is blended with said at least one polymer other than acrylic.