Ham

What the evidence says

• IARC Group 1 (carcinogenic to humans)Regulatory

  IARC classifies processed meat (cured, salted, smoked or fermented) as Group 1, based on colorectal cancer; each 50 g eaten daily is linked to an 18% higher risk. This reflects strength of evidence, not that it is as risky as smoking. [1][2]

Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.

Popular products that list ham

21 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list ham. The 12 most scanned:

• Traditional Split Pea with Ham Soup Progresso · 538 g Score 23 out of 100 Poor
• Honey Ham Hillshire Farm · 9 oz Score 22 out of 100 Poor
• Smoked Ham & Swiss Cheese Pockets La Boulangerie · 85 g Score 13 out of 100 Bad
• Honey Uncured Ham Oscar Mayer · 9 oz Score 29 out of 100 Poor
• Smoked Ham & Smoked Turkey Sub Kit Oscar Mayer · 28 oz Score 22 out of 100 Poor
• Cordon Bleu Raw Stuffed Chicken Breasts Barber Foods · 36 oz Score 23 out of 100 Poor
• Honey Uncured Ham Oscar Mayer · 16 oz Score 29 out of 100 Poor
• Barber Foods Cordon Bleu Stuffed Chicken Breasts Advancepierre Foods Inc. · 10 oz/283 g Score 21 out of 100 Poor
• Old World Style Black Forest Ham Land O'Frost · 16 oz Score 24 out of 100 Poor
• Cooked Ham Aldi · 14 oz Score 26 out of 100 Poor
• Black Forest Uncured Ham Levi Grazai Bistro Favorites · 8 oz Score 38 out of 100 Poor
• Thin Crust Pizza Meat Lover's Quest · 13.2 oz/373 g Score 19 out of 100 Bad

Diets and allergens

Vegan

No

Vegetarian

No

Gluten-free

Yes

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