Cellulosic casing with coating comprising cellulose ether, oil and water-insoluble alkylene oxide adduct of fatty acids

Claim 1

A tubular cellulosic casing having a coating over the internal surface thereof, said coating comprising at least three components, including a first component being a water-soluble cellulose ether, a second component being at least one water insoluble alkylene oxide adduct of fatty acids or fatty acid partial esters, and a third component being an oil selected from the group consisting of animal and vegetable oils, mineral oil and silicone oils, said first component of said coating being present in an amount of from about 0.005 mg/in 2 to about 0.07 mg/in 2 of internal casing surface, said second component being present in an amount of from about 0.005 to about 0.1 mg/in 2 of internal casing surface, and said third component being present in said coating in an amount of from about 0.001 to about 3 mg/in 2 of casing surface, said casing being suitable for stuffing with food products and being readily peelable from food products processed therein, wherein said adduct is selected from the group of adducts represented by the formulas: R.sub.1 -C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O.sub.3 -R.sub.2, R.sub.1 (C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.n R.sub.3, ##STR1## and mixtures thereof, wherein R.sub.1 is a long chain fatty acid radical having 10 to 24 carbon atoms; and R.sub.2 is -(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.n H wherein n is an integer from 1 to 40, and wherein R.sub.3 is hydrogen or a long chain fatty acid radical having 10 to 24 carbon atoms.