Pork

Sus scrofa domesticusAlso called pigmeat and pig meat

Pork is meat that cooks braise, cure, preserve, or roast. It pairs with apple.

Meat
Gluten-free
No listed allergens
Pork

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

Category: Meat & poultry
Family: Suidae
Cooked most in: Asia, Europe, The Americas
Top country: Indonesia
Dishes: 54 in the catalogue
Energy: 225 kcal per 100 g

Photo: Father.Jack from Coventry, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use pork

Typical ways to cook or use it

Braise
Cure
Preserve
Roast

Cooking with it

Cook ground pork to 71 °C. Cook whole cuts to 63 °C, then rest them for 3 minutes.

Goes well with

apple

Nutrition

What 100 g of pork holds

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

Protein 49%Fat 51%Carbohydrate 0%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of pork, raw
Energy	225 kcal · 941 kJ
Protein	16 g
Fat	17 g
of which saturated	6 g
Carbohydrate	0 g
of which sugars	0 g
Fibre	0 g
Sodium	110 mg
Cholesterol	101 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of pork, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	243 mg
Calcium	16 mg
Iron	3.4 mg
Magnesium	18 mg
Zinc	3 mg
Vitamin C	4.4 mg
Folate	4 µg
Vitamin B12	2.8 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 168275), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where pork is cooked

54 dishes in the catalogue use pork. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

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

On the table

Dishes made with pork

45 of the 54 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

Sangsang
Indonesia
Äggakaka
Sweden
Saumagen
Germany
Bigos
Poland
Bun cha
Vietnam
Migas alentejanas
Portugal
Jiangguotou
China
Potjevleesch
Belgium, France
Tamale
Humba
Philippines
Relleno Negro
Ärter med fläsk
Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden
Brouet
City chicken
United States
Kebapche
Bulgaria
Tonkatsu
Japan
Ahle Wurst
Ciccioli
Italy
Griot
Haiti
Muzhuzhi
Georgia
Silaw
Taiwan
Zeeuws spek
Tanggo-tanggo
Indonesia
Gỏi cuốn
Vietnam
Möpkenbrot
Germany
Igado
Philippines
Champon
Japan
Potée berrichonne
France
Tonno del Chianti
Italy
Komoh
Indonesia
Chả trứng
Vietnam
Frankfurter Würstchen
Germany
Babi kecap
Indonesia
Pork satay
Indonesia
Babi panggang karo
Indonesia
Asem satay
Indonesia
Se'i
Indonesia
Pagit-pagit
Indonesia
Renteng satay
Indonesia
Kolbulle
Dirty rice
Potée savoyarde
Pork and sauerkraut casserole
Fricandeau
Kadyos, baboy, kag langka

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

Good to know

Diet and allergens: pork 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.

Allergens: None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin: From: meatChecked and not found: egg, fish, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten: None
Alcohol: None
Caffeine: None
Pork: Contains

Family

Related forms

A kind of: meat
Made from it: bacon (cured), ham (cured)
Kinds: bacon, ham, ham hock, pork belly, pork ribs

Around the world

What pork is called

Names in 135 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
carne de cerdo · carne de puerco · carne porcina · carne de porcino
French
viande de porc · viande de cochon · porc (viande)
Italian
carne di maiale · carne di porco · carne suina · suino
Portuguese
carne de porco · Carne suína
German
Schweinefleisch · Schwein
Dutch
varkensvlees
Greek
χοιρινό κρέας
Turkish
domuz eti
Russian
свинина
Polish
wieprzowina · mięso wieprzowe
Arabic
لحم خنزير · بورك · لحم الخنزير
Persian
گوشت خوک

Show all 135 languages

Afrikaans
Varkvleis
Aghem
nyòm è kə̀kwə̀lebʉ̄ghā
Akan
preko ntwere
Aragonese
Carne de tocín
Armenian
խոզի միս
Assamese
গাহৰিৰ মাংস · বৰাহ মাংস
Asturian
carne de gochu
Awadhi
सुअर कय माँस
Azerbaijani
Donuz əti
bag
yɛnɛ́ yá ngwɛ́nɛ́ɛ
Bangla
শূকরের মাংস
Banjar
Daging babi
Basaa
≈ãgoy
Bashkir
Сусҡа ите
Basque
txerriki
Belarusian
свініна
Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)
сьвініна
Bhojpuri
सुअर के मांस
Bikol
Karneng urig
bkc
sɔ pàmɛ̀
bkh
tít ngo
Bosnian
svinjetina · prasetina
Brazilian Portuguese
carne de porco
Breton
kig-moc'h · kilhevardon
Bulgarian
Свинско месо
Burmese
ဝက်သား
Cantonese
豬肉
Catalan
carn de porc · Carn magra
cdo
Dṳ̆-nṳ̆k
Chinese
豬肉 · 猪肉 · 猪前腿肉
Chuvash
Сысна какайĕ
Croatian
Svinjetina
Czech
vepřové maso · vepřové
Danish
svinekød · Flæsk
Duala
nyama a ngoa
Esperanto
porkaĵo
Estonian
sealiha
eto
tíd ì ngòé
etu
nyam akók
Ewondo
tsíd ŋgoe
Filipino
Baboy (pagkain)
Finnish
sianliha
fmp
mbαᾱ ngʉ̄nə
Galician
carne de porco · carne porcina · carne suína
Gan Chinese (Simplified)
猪肉
Gan Chinese (Traditional)
豬肉
Gbaya
kpoo ŋgoya
Georgian
ღორის ხორცი
Ghomala
bap gə́nɔ̀m
Hebrew
בשר חזיר · בשר לבן
Hindi
सुअर का मांस
Hungarian
sertéshús
Indonesian
daging babi
Irish
muiceoil
isu
nyamə kəpfilíbíə
Japanese
豚肉 · ブタ肉 · ポーク
Javanese
daging babi
Kashmiri
سورٕ ماز
Kazakh
Шошқа еті
Kazakh (Arabic)
شوشقا ەتى
Kazakh (China)
شوشقا ەتى
Kazakh (Cyrillic)
Шошқа еті
Kazakh (Kazakhstan)
Шошқа еті
Kazakh (Latin)
Şoşqa eti
Kazakh (Türkiye)
Şoşqa eti
ker
kusuki bә gaduura
Kom
njwò nkfɨnyàm
Korean
돼지고기 · 돗괴기 · 돈육(豚肉) · 제육(豬肉, 원말:저육)
Kwasio
tsĭr ngŭ
Kyrgyz
Чочко эти
Latgalian
cyukys gaļa
Latin
Suilla · Caro porcina · Porcina · Caro suilla
Latvian
cūkgaļa
lem
onyiké ú ɛŋɔnáfá
Literary Chinese
豚肉
Lithuanian
kiauliena
lns
nyoó se vav si
Luxembourgish
Schwéngefleesch
Macedonian
Свинско месо
Maithili
सूअरक मास
Malagasy
Henan-kisoa
Malay
Daging babi
Malayalam
പന്നിയിറച്ചി
Manipuri
ꯑꯣꯛꯁꯥ
Māori
mīti poaka
mcp
”biɛ̀n bə djɛ́ɛ́"
Medumba
mbαb ngʉnyὰm
Min Nan Chinese
Ti-bah
Minangkabau
Resep jo babi
Mundang
nəə 'billi
Nepali
सुँगुरको मासु
Ngiemboon
mbab kúnɔ̀ɔn
nla
kúnye
Norwegian Bokmål
svinekjøtt · svin · grisekjøtt
Norwegian Nynorsk
svinekjøt · svinekjøtt · grisekjøt · grisekjøtt
nrm
Lard
Odia
ଘୁସୁରୀ ମାଂସ
Pennsylvania German
Seifleesch
Piedmontese
Carn ëd crin
Punjabi
ਸੂਰ ਦਾ ਮਾਸ
Romanian
carne de porc
Samogitian
Kiaulė̄na
Santali
ᱥᱩᱠᱨᱤ ᱡᱤᱞ
Scots
Pork
Serbian
свињетина · прасетина
Serbian (Cyrillic)
свињетина
Serbian (Latin)
Svinjetina · Svinjsko meso
Serbian (Latin)
svinjetina
Shan
ၼိူဝ်ႉမူ · ၽၵ်းၽိူၵ်ႇ
Simplified Chinese
猪肉
Simplified Chinese (China)
猪肉
Simplified Chinese (Malaysia)
猪肉
Simplified Chinese (Singapore)
猪肉
Sindhi
سوئر جو گوشت
sje
svijnebärrgo · snurgábärrgo
Skolt Sami
šââʹjjvueʹǯǯ
Slovak
Bravčové mäso · Bravčovina
Slovenian
svinjina · svinjsko meso
Swedish
fläskkött · sidfläsk · griskött · fläsk
Swiss High German
Schweinefleisch
szy
basis
Tatar
дуңгыз ите
Thai
เนื้อหมู
Traditional Chinese
豬肉
Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)
豬肉
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
豬肉
tvu
mɛkɔnɛ́fɛ́
Ukrainian
свинина
Urdu
سور کا گوشت
Venetian
carne de porseło
Vietnamese
thịt lợn · thịt heo
vut
fè ŋgwèé
Waray
Karne han baktin
Welsh
cig moch · porc
wes
meat for swine
Western Panjabi
سور دا ماس
Wu Chinese
猪肉
Yangben
iŋunɛ́p
yas
busugé bá ŋgɔnɔ́bɛ́
yat
Onám wó ŋŋɔnɛá
Yemba
mbap akúna
Zaza
Goştê xozi

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
USDA FoodData Central (Foundation, SR Legacy): nutrition values (Public domain (US government work, CC0))
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q191768

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