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What are the white specks that are visible in the ham?

April 26, 2017Ham specks visible white

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What are the white specks that are visible in the ham?

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They are crystallizations essentially composed of the amino acid tyrosine, which appears when proteins are broken down. Not only are they not harmful, they typically denote an optimum curing and maturation process.