Are the ingredients in SPAM the same as no-name brand luncheon meats?
Yes they share similiar ingredients, it is the recipe that has built the devoted following of this food staple. The labeled ingredients in the original variety of Spam are chopped pork shoulder meat with ham meat added, salt, water, sugar, and sodium nitrite. Other varieties of Spam differ; Spam Lite contains pork and chicken, and Spam Oven Roasted Turkey is a halaal food, meaning that it is allowed under Islamic law, and is especially popular in Muslim markets. It also comes in a low-salt variety. So Hormel is a little more creative than those other “meat makers”.
