Why does hamburger meat turn gray 2024?
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This is the normal change in color. Freshly cut meat is pink-red due to the reaction of myoglobin with oxygen. It turns gray as myoglobin changes to metmyoglobin. Packaging (and exposure to carbon monoxide) enhances and prolongs the red color.
2023-05-17 14:39:24
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This is the normal change in color. Freshly cut meat is pink-red due to the reaction of myoglobin with oxygen. It turns gray as myoglobin changes to metmyoglobin. Packaging (and exposure to carbon monoxide) enhances and prolongs the red color.