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Cured ham

Cured ham is pork preserved with curing and commonly served sliced, cooked, or added to sandwiches and savory dishes.

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About Cured ham

Cured ham is pork ham preserved through curing, commonly with salt and sometimes additional drying, smoking, or cooking. The label covers products with substantially different moisture, firmness, colour, and serving requirements, rather than one single processing style.

Its flavour is salty and pork-like, with smoky, fermented, or concentrated notes in some products. Depending on processing, texture may be tender and moist or dense and chewy, so the eating experience varies considerably between products.

Cured ham may be sold whole, in portions, or thinly sliced. It is used in sandwiches, cold plates, and savoury dishes, while some forms are heated before eating. Processing can produce products ranging from moist pink slices to darker, firmer portions.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Cured ham

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Cured ham nutrition & diet

Cured 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

Match the reference to the specific cured ham style and edible sliced or cooked portion, distinguishing dry-cured, wet-cured, smoked, roasted, and reheated forms. Record visible fat, rind, glaze, and serving liquid separately, and identify whether the product is ready-to-eat or further cooked.

Compare the right form: Reference the exact cured pork ham style, matching sliced or cooked edible portion, curing method, smoking, glaze, rind, and fat.

Diet considerations

Cured ham is pork, an animal-derived meat. Curing ingredients, smoke flavor, glaze, coatings, and cooking recipes may add sugar, dairy, cereal ingredients, or other meats. Plain slices differ from sandwiches, casseroles, and broths; carbohydrate patterns depend on glaze, accompaniments, and portion rather than pork alone.

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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