Packaging of meat products with modified atmospheres and/or enhancers

US7935373B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• CARGILL, INCORPORATED · US
• Hormel Foods Corporation · US

Inventors

• Ann Waylan BRACKENRIDGE · Benton, US
• Curtis Cundith · Wichita, US
• Scott Eilert · Wichita, US
• Nancy Rathje · Wichita, US
• Barney Wilborn · Auburn, US
• David C. Ruzek · Austin, US
• Forrest D. Dryden · Austin, US
• Bruce C. Paterson · Marshall, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 10, 2005
• Grant date: May 3, 2011
• Expiry date: Aug 30, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23V2002/00
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Packaged meat products, methods of packaging meat, and systems for packaging meat. With respect to packaged meat products, one particular embodiment of a packaged meat product comprises a container having a low gas permeability and an enclosed interior volume. The packaged meat product further includes a meat product enclosed within the interior volume of the container and a modified atmosphere comprising not greater than about 10% carbon monoxide within the interior volume of the container. The meat product has a first volume less than the interior volume, and the modified atmosphere has a second volume such that a volume ratio of the second volume to the first volume is not greater than approximately 1:1.