This century-old recipe shows that tasty food can be timeless. A serving of Glazed Ham contains about 80 calories and 2.6 grams of fat. In other words, pork is a much leaner meat today. Pork is now the world's most widely eaten meat, probably due to its popularity in China. Cured meats usually contain flavor-adding sugar and nitrite, which inhibits the growth of Clostridium botulinum, the organism that causes botulism.
Salt is an important curing ingredient.
Salt adds flavor and also inhibits bacterial growth. Of course, salt makes ham and other cured meats higher in sodium than uncured meats, although pork is cured with 50 percent less salt than 20 years ago. Even so, people on sodium-restricted diets may need to limit their consumption of ham and other cured meats based on the advice of their health professional. Convenient and popular, boneless hams have most fat trimmed away prior to cooking. Canned boneless hams are cooked after they are vacuum sealed.