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Ham

Ham is meat made from cured pork. Cooks use it raw.

  • Meat
  • Pork

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Made from
Pork
Cooked most in
Europe, The Americas
Top country
France
Ham, whole

Photo: Renee Comet (Photographer) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use ham

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Raw

Nutrition

What 100 g of ham holds

Per 100 g. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 61%Fat 20%Carbohydrate 19%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of ham
Energy123 kcal · 516 kJ
Protein15 g
Fat5.1 g
of which saturated1.5 g
Carbohydrate4.7 g
of which sugars4.7 g
Fibre0 g
Sodium1,390 mg
Cholesterol45 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of ham: minerals and vitamins
Potassium272 mg
Calcium8 mg
Iron0.74 mg
Magnesium17 mg
Zinc1.6 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)13 µg
Folate3 µg
Vitamin B120.44 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 168326), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where ham is cooked

9 dishes in the catalogue use ham. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list ham among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with ham

9 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Capoun

    France

  • Jambalaya

  • Kulesha

    Ukraine

  • Dagobert

    Belgium

  • Gimbap

  • Monte Cristo sandwich

    United States

  • Argentinian pizza

    Argentina

  • Garbure

    France

  • Ham and eggs

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include ham.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: ham in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Animal origin
From: meatChecked and not found: egg, fish, dairy, honey, insect, poultry, shellfish, other animal.
Caffeine
None
Pork
Contains

Family

Related forms

Made from
pork (cured)
A kind of
pork
Made from it
prosciutto (cured)
Kinds
prosciutto

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What ham is called

Names in 116 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    jamón · Jamon · Pernil · Jamones

  • French

    jambon

  • Italian

    prosciutto

  • Portuguese

    presunto · Jimão · Fiambre

  • German

    Schinken · Hinterschinken · Schinkenimitat · Vorderschinken

  • Dutch

    ham · Hesp · Hamlap

  • Greek

    ζαμπόν · χοιρομέρι

  • Turkish

    jambon

  • Russian

    ветчина

  • Polish

    szynka

  • Arabic

    هام · Ham · جمبون · الجمبون

  • Persian

    ژامبون

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  • Afrikaans

    Ham (voedsel)

  • Albanian

    proshutë

  • Aragonese

    Pernil

  • Armenian

    Ազդրապուխտ

  • Asturian

    xamón · pernil

  • Atikamekw

    kokoc opwam · kokoc wias

  • Azerbaijani

    vetçina

  • Bangla

    হ্যাম

  • Basque

    urdaiazpiko · pernil · xingar

  • Belarusian

    вяндліна

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    вяндліна

  • Bosnian

    šunka

  • Breton

    morzhed-hoc’h

  • Bulgarian

    Шунка

  • Cantonese

    火腿 · Ham

  • Catalan

    pernil · Cuixot

  • Central Kurdish

    ژامبون

  • Chinese

    火腿

  • Cornish

    mordhos hogh

  • Corsican

    prisuttu

  • Croatian

    Šunka

  • Czech

    šunka

  • Danish

    skinke

  • Egyptian Arabic

    هام (طعام)

  • eml

    Parsótt · Parsùtt

  • Esperanto

    ŝinko

  • Estonian

    sink

  • Faroese

    svínatjógv

  • Filipino

    Hamon (pagkain) · Jamon · Jamones

  • Finnish

    kinkku

  • Galician

    Xamón

  • Georgian

    შაშხი

  • Guarani

    Kuvãju

  • Hakka Chinese

    Hâ-mu

  • Hausa

    ham

  • Hebrew

    שינקן · ירך חזיר · שינקה · ירך-חזיר

  • Hindi

    हैम

  • Hungarian

    sonka

  • Icelandic

    Skinka

  • Ido

    Shinko

  • Indonesian

    ham

  • Irish

    liamhás

  • Japanese

    ハム · シンケン · 臘干 · 生ハム

  • Javanese

    Ham

  • Kannada

    ಹ್ಯಾಮ್

  • Kazakh

    жамбас

  • Kazakh (Latin)

    jambas

  • Kinaray-a

    hamon

  • Korean

    햄

  • Kurdish

    Jambon

  • Kurdish (Arabic)

    ژامبۆن

  • Kurdish (Latin)

    Jambon

  • Kyrgyz

    жамбаш · jambaş

  • Latgalian

    kumpjaks · gūrns

  • Latvian

    šķiņķis

  • Ligurian

    xambun · xambon

  • Limburgish

    sjink

  • Lithuanian

    kumpis

  • lld

    scinchen · jambun · persut

  • Lombard

    Giambon

  • Low Saxon

    schinke

  • Luxembourgish

    Ham

  • Macedonian

    шунка

  • Malay

    Ham

  • Malayalam

    പന്നിത്തുട

  • Maltese

    perżuta

  • Māori

    poaka tauraki · wāmu · poaka whakapaoa

  • Min Nan Chinese

    Há-muh

  • Mirandese

    persunto · presunto

  • Navajo

    bisóodi bijáád

  • Neapolitan

    Presutto

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    skinke

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    skinke

  • Occitan

    Cambajon

  • Odia

    ହୈମ

  • Old English

    hamm

  • Papiamento

    ham

  • Picard

    gambon

  • Piedmontese

    Ham

  • Punjabi

    ਹੈਮ

  • Romanian

    Jambon · Șuncă

  • Romansh

    schambun

  • Rusyn

    Шовдар

  • Samogitian

    Rėits

  • Scots

    Ham

  • Scottish Gaelic

    sliasaid

  • Serbian

    шунка

  • Serbian (Latin)

    Šunka

  • Sicilian

    prisuttu · prosciuttu

  • Simplified Chinese

    火腿

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    火腿

  • Simplified Chinese (Singapore)

    火腿

  • Slovak

    Šunka

  • Slovenian

    gnjat · šunka

  • Sranan Tongo

    ameti

  • Swahili

    hemu

  • Swedish

    skinka · Skinkor · Pizzaskinka · Helmuskelskinka

  • Tajik

    ветчина

  • Tamil

    பதப்படுத்தப் பட்ட பன்றித் தொடை

  • Thai

    แฮม

  • Traditional Chinese

    火腿

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    火腿

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    火腿

  • Turkmen

    skin

  • Ukrainian

    шинка · шовдар · задня шинка

  • Upper Sorbian

    šunka

  • Uzbek

    goʻshti

  • Venetian

    bafa

  • Vietnamese

    giăm bông · jambon · giăm-bông

  • Volapük

    häm

  • Welsh

    ham · morddwyd hwch

  • Western Frisian

    skinke

  • Wu Chinese

    火腿

  • Yiddish

    שינקען

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q170486

Photos

Photo: Renee Comet (Photographer) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons