Why is gammon/ ham / bacon pinkish in colour but pork is a white colour meat?

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Why is gammon/ ham / bacon pinkish in colour but pork is a white colour meat?

2007-12-10 03:35:34 · 4 answers · asked by Bruno Mindhorn 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink

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Ham, bacon, gammon are cured meats.
The curing mixture (usually nitrates, nitrites and salt) fixes the red color (hemoglobin) in the meat.

Pork is uncured.

2007-12-10 03:41:55 · answer #1 · answered by Dave C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

It is because they are Cured or Smoked.

2007-12-10 03:42:37 · answer #2 · answered by dirtboy31178 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋

They add colours to the meat. Otherwise they'd look unappetising

2007-12-10 03:38:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋

They have been cured,What of i don't know.

2007-12-10 09:27:52 · answer #4 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋