Classic Premium Cooked Ham

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 4 ingredients to avoid

Farmer John Classic Premium Cooked Ham scores 32/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. Per serving it carries 0g fiber, 4g protein and 1g sugar. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Farmer John Classic Premium Cooked Ham lists 11 ingredients, starting with Pork, Water, Salt, Dextrose and Sodium Lactate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

25 kcal per serving, or 89 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Farmer John Classic Premium Cooked Ham on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 32/100 Farmer John Classic Premium Cooked Ham scores worse than most fresh meat we have scored. A higher-scoring option in fresh meat is Simply Nature Organic 100% Grass Fed Ground Beef 85% Lean 15% Fat at 100/100.