ham

thumb|Typical slice of ham Ham is pork from a leg cut that has been preserved by wet or dry curing, with or without smoking. As a processed meat, the term ham includes both whole cuts of meat and ones that have been mechanically formed.

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Ham is pork from a leg cut that has been preserved through curing (either wet or dry) and sometimes smoking, making it a shelf-stable meat product that can be either whole cuts or mechanically formed pieces. It matters as a widely consumed processed meat that offers preserved protein and convenience, though as a cured product it carries nutritional considerations like high sodium content.

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Within Vinony's link graph, ham is referenced by 811 other articles, and connects out to meat industry, peptidase and pig farming.

It is catalogued under topics including Ancient dishes, Charcuterie and Garde manger.

Its subject is documented across 81 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Food.name: Ham
Food.image: Ham (4).jpg
Food.caption: Half of a bone-in ham, studded with cloves
Food.type: Preserved meat
Food.main_ingredient: Cured leg cut pork
Food.serving_size: 100 g

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Nutrition · Open Food Facts

Typical values per 100 g · averaged across 1,541 products

dNutri-Score

4NOVA · Ultra-processed food

Energy: 157 kcal
Fat: 6.9 g
— of which saturates: 2.6 g
Carbohydrates: 2.6 g
— of which sugars: 1.5 g
Fibre: 0.5 g
Protein: 20.1 g
Salt: 5.94 g

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: food ingredient
Image: Ham (4).jpg

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Commons category: Ham (food)
topic's main category: Category:Ham
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
native label: Schinken
different from: Ham
hashtag: ham

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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections

Contents

History
Methods
Dry-cured
Wet-cured
Smoking
Labeling
Protected designations
Uses
Nutrition and health effects
See also
References
External links

Ham is made around the world, including a number of regional specialties. In addition, numerous ham products have specific geographical naming protection.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ham” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.