公开(公告)号：US20200268003A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-27

申请号：US16794462

申请日：2020-02-19

Applicant: The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University

Inventor： Ranjith Ramanathan ,  Gretchen G. Mafi ,  Deborah L. VanOverbeke

IPC: A23B4/20 ,  A23B4/12 ,  A23B4/24 ,  A23L13/40

Abstract: According one embodiment, a post-harvest processing technology has been developed that enhances the red color of dark cutting beef to a near-normal or normal red color through the use, in one embodiment, of a Rosemary solution in a concentration of between 0.1% and 0.2% Rosemary which is applied to the beef, after which it is stored in a nitrite-embedded film packaging for a predetermined period of time. Various embodiments indicate that that nitrite-embedded packaging and, more particularly, nitrite-embedded packaging in combination with the use of pre-storage antioxidant wash, has the potential to improve surface color of dark-cutting beef.