![]() You can find out some more about “purge” in this article from Mom at the Meat Counter. That is why the purge liquid usually looks pink or red, or even look like blood – because it has myoglobin in it. Both myoglobin and hemoglobin hold onto oxygen, and both are red. Myoglobin is similar to hemoglobin in your blood, but it is a little different. In addition to water, the purge also contains myoglobin. The real name for that liquid is “purge.” (Frankly, that’s not much better than “meat water” or “meat diapers.” Scientists just aren’t very good at giving things names.) That is why that absorbent pad is included in the meat packaging – it keeps the “meat water” from making a mess everywhere.Īnd, it’s not really called “meat water.” But you probably already knew that. ![]() As meat is handled (cut, packaged, moved, frozen, and thawed), some of that water leaks out. There is also water held in between the cells. You can find these pads in any packaged, cut meat (chicken parts, steaks, ribs, roasts, ground meats, etc.). Well, as you might guess from the name “absorbent pad,” that funny looking paper is there to absorb liquids. In the United States, all the materials that are used in that pad have to be approved by the Food & Drug Administration before it touches your food. ![]() Some people call them “meat diapers,” but that doesn’t help it feel any less yucky, does it? We’ll stick with calling it an absorbent pad. That stuff in the bottom of your package of chicken, that sort of looks like paper and sort of looks like a sponge? It’s an absorbent pad. ![]() So I did a little digging, and I’ve got the answer for you! If you’re anything like me, you gingerly pick it up by a corner and toss it in the trash, wondering why it’s there in the first place. Sometimes it looks like paper, sometimes it looks like a sponge. If you’ve ever bought chicken (or any other meat) at the grocery store, you’ve seen that paper in the bottom of the package. What is the Paper Inside the Chicken Package? Have you ever wondered about that paper inside the chicken package? It looks strange, but it has a job, and it’s helping keep your kitchen clean!
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