Is dinner doomed? In a nutshell, the answer is… maybe. Freshly cut meat is a purplish or burgundy color, but that changes ...

Myoglobin is a protein that stores oxygen in the muscles, gives meat a red color, and makes that red juice that oozes out of a medium-rare steak. Vow says it filled the gaps in the mammoth ...

Freshly cut meat is a purplish or burgundy color, but that changes quickly. “Oxygen reacts with myoglobin (a protein found in muscles), causing the meat to darken,” says Brittany Towers ...