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Cooked ham

Cooked ham is cured pork that has been cooked and is served sliced or used in sandwiches, salads, and cooked dishes.

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About Cooked ham

Cooked ham is pork from the hind leg that has been cured and then heated until ready to eat. It is served cold or warm in sandwiches, salads, omelettes, soups, pasta, gratins, and other cooked dishes. It is commonly sold as a whole joint, portion, thick slice, thin deli slice, or diced meat.

The interior is usually pink to rosy, with a yielding texture and salty, savoury flavour. Products may be boneless or bone-in and may be whole, pressed, formed, smoked, glazed, or sliced. These differences affect firmness, surface appearance, and flavour, while smoking or glazing adds further sensory variation.

Cooked ham may appear as a joint, portion, slice, or dice, with rind and visible fat present or removed according to the product. It can be eaten directly or reheated and incorporated into another dish. Slicing, pressing, forming, smoking, glazing, and cooking alter its shape, surface, firmness, and flavour.

Ingredient type
whole food

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English

cooked ham

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Cooked ham nutrition & diet

Cooked ham nutritional value

Reference: Ham

Per 100 g of the edible portion of the stated reference food.

Calories
107kcal
Protein
18.4g
Carbs
1.0g
Fat
3.3g

Reference example for the named food and preparation, per 100 g edible portion. This is not a universal value for every recipe or brand; packaged products should be compared with their own label. CoFID 2021 food code 19-496. Carbohydrate follows the dataset’s available-carbohydrate convention. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Portions & preparation

Record whether the ham is sliced, diced, or a larger edible portion, and whether rind or visible fat remains. Curing, cooking, smoking, glazing, and added brine affect the product represented; references should distinguish plain cooked ham from a sweetened or sauce-coated preparation.

Compare the right form: Match references to cured pork ham after cooking, with cut, edible portion, rind or fat retained, smoking, glazing, and draining specified.

Diet considerations

Ham is animal-origin cured pork. Compatibility changes with curing mixtures, smoke flavorings, glazes, dairy or egg additions, and cereal-containing coatings or fillers. Plain sliced ham differs from composite deli products or dishes containing stock, bread, pastry, or sweet sauces; the complete recipe should be considered.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Typically incompatible
  • Vegetarian
    Typically incompatible
  • Pescatarian
    Typically incompatible
  • Keto
    May be compatible
  • Paleo
    May be compatible
  • Low-carb
    May be compatible
  • Halal
    Typically incompatible
  • Kosher
    Typically incompatible
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically incompatible
The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative.
Vegetarian · Typically incompatible
The profile identifies animal flesh, seafood or a derivative excluded by a vegetarian diet.
Pescatarian · Typically incompatible
The profile identifies land-animal meat or a derivative, which is excluded by this pescatarian definition.
Keto · May be compatible
The plain form may fit a carbohydrate-restricted diet. Check the portion, added sugar, coatings and sauces against the nutrition values above.
Paleo · May be compatible
May fit a paleo pattern, depending on the cut or form, processing and added ingredients.
Low-carb · May be compatible
The plain form may fit a carbohydrate-restricted diet. Check the portion, added sugar, coatings and sauces against the nutrition values above.
Halal · Typically incompatible
This profile identifies pork or a pork-derived ingredient.
Kosher · Typically incompatible
This profile identifies pork or a pork-derived ingredient.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — Ham ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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