Why is it that Ham is pink, yet Pork is white?

Answer 1

they are both pig meats which are prepared differently. Pork normally left as is,for cooking normally. Ham is pigmeat that is smoked (put in a room where oak or similarsuch wood is burned and the smoke gives the lovely new taste and is now ham and changes the coulor.

Answer 2

Ham comes from the part of the pig that gets more exercise... it's the dark meat part of the pig. Pork (chops etc) come from the non-large muscle groups. Less exercise, so it's white! (that's just a guess, by the way. Just compared the pig to the turkey!)

Answer 3

Because ham is smoked I believe...which makes the meat pink. I could be wrong, but I think I'm right.

Answer 4

i dont know about you but pork is pink, it is only white when you cook it, and if you dont overcook it it will retain some of its pinkness.
besides this, a chicken breast is whiter than the legs. so it is just a part of the body thing and one getting more exercise than the other.

Answer 5

Hams are cured. smoked ... Pork is not

Answer 6

pork chops or a pork joint are cuts of meat

ham is pork, processed with other things (as sausages are) including water

http://www.foodcomm.org.uk/latest_watermeat_apr05.htm

http://www.lse.co.uk/ShowStory.asp?story=MK219284E&news_headline=processed_hams_are_a_cocktail_of_water_and_additives

Answer 7

pork is pink in chinese food and when not cooked like pork roll pork chops

Answer 8

white pigs are pork
and pink pigs are ham!!

Answer 9

Different cuts of meat

Answer 10

Its to do with the colour of the meat. I think!