Patent ID: 8530012

Claim:
A food package comprising: a myoglobin-containing food product having a water content of at least 5 weight %; and a container comprising a polymeric film having an oxygen barrier polymeric layer and a food contact layer comprising a myoglobin blooming agent selected from the group consisting of nitrosodisulfonates, transition metal/nitroso complexes, organic nitrates, organic nitrites, organic nitro compounds, organic nitroso compounds, O-nitrosylated compounds, S-nitrosylated compounds, nonoate compounds, furoxans, oxatriazole-5-imines, sydnonimines, oximes, nitrogen heterocycles, and the food contact layer has a food contact surface, at least a portion of which is in contact with at least a portion of a surface of the myoglobin-containing food product; 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 food product and prevent undesirable extension of the color into the body of the food product; wherein the concentration of myoglobin blooming agent is 0.900 mg/in 2 or less.