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Cured Pork Ham

Cured pork ham is a prepared pork product preserved with salt and commonly served sliced or used in cooked dishes.

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About Cured Pork Ham

Cured pork ham is ham made from pork and preserved through curing, most commonly with salt and, depending on the product, drying, smoking, or cooking. The wording identifies a cured ham product but does not define a particular regional style, cut specification, moisture level, or serving state.

Its flavour is salty and concentrated, sometimes smoky. Texture ranges from moist and tender to firm and chewy, reflecting differences in curing and preparation. The sensory details are therefore broad rather than characteristic of one specific ham style.

It is commonly presented as a whole or partial ham and sliced for sandwiches, cold dishes, and savoury platters, or cut into pieces for cooked foods. Appearance may be pink, red, or brown, with visible fat varying by cut; preparation changes firmness and serving form.

Ingredient type
derived ingredient

Forms & related ingredients

  • Porkcontains · Cured Pork Ham → Pork
  • Sugarcontains · Cured Pork Ham → Sugar
  • Saltcontains · Cured Pork Ham → Salt

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Local names for cured pork ham

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English

Cured Pork Ham

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Cured Pork Ham nutrition & diet

Cured Pork 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

Use the specific cured pork ham product and edible portion, distinguishing dry-cured, wet-cured, smoked, cooked, sliced, and bone-in forms. Note whether rind, visible fat, glaze, brine, or cooking liquid is included, and do not equate a prepared ham dish with the ham alone.

Compare the right form: Match the labeled cured pork ham style and edible portion, including curing, smoking, cooking, slicing, rind, fat, glaze, and brine.

Diet considerations

Cured pork ham is pork and therefore animal-derived. Glazes, coatings, brines, broths, sandwich fillings, and casseroles may introduce sugar, dairy, cereal ingredients, or other animal products. Compatibility and carbohydrate patterns vary by formulation, serving portion, and accompaniments rather than by the pork ham 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.

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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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