myoglobin
noun
myo·glo·bin
ˌmī-ə-ˈglō-bən 
ˈmī-ə-ˌglō
: a red iron-containing protein pigment in muscles that is similar to hemoglobin
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As Goldwyn discovered in his deep dive on the topic, meat with a higher pH, or low acidity, can retain a pink hue from the myoglobin to much higher temps, up to 170 or 180 degrees.
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Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 31 July 2023
No myoglobin means that these muscles stay colorless or white.
—Elsbeth Sites, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2014
While the presence of myoglobin isn’t necessarily cause for worry, too much of it can lead to kidney damage.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2017
Meat is categorized as red or white depending on its myoglobin content.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 8 Nov. 2022
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Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 31 July 2023
No myoglobin means that these muscles stay colorless or white.
—Elsbeth Sites, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2014
While the presence of myoglobin isn’t necessarily cause for worry, too much of it can lead to kidney damage.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2017
Meat is categorized as red or white depending on its myoglobin content.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 8 Nov. 2022
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myoglobin
noun
myo·glo·bin
ˌmī-ə-ˈglō-bən, ˈmī-ə-ˌ
: a red iron-containing protein pigment in muscles that is similar to hemoglobin but differs in the globin portion of its molecule, in the smaller size of its molecule (as in the mammalian heart muscle which has only one fourth the molecular weight of the hemoglobin in the blood of the same animal), in its greater tendency to combine with oxygen, and in its absorption of light at longer wavelengths
called also myohemoglobin
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