Nutritional values

Nutritionally, Iberico ham is a wholesome and healthy. Moreover, given the fact that against a better ham (more acorns) more reinforcing its beneficial characteristics.

Iberian ham is good for people with high cholesterol. This is a heart-product due to its high unsaturated fat. The Iberian pig fat acorn owns 55% of monounsaturated oleic acid, second only among the usual cooking fats and olive oil. The pig gets these directly beneficial fats you eat acorns, so these benefits are not present in hams from pigs raised on farms.

Its mineral content is very important. It has calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, copper, zinc and iron, the latter two are difficult to obtain in a regular diet. It also has vitamins, especially B group: B1, B2, B6 and B12, folic acid, essential for the proper functioning of the nervous system and brain.

Although to a lesser extent, the Iberian pig also has vitamin E and selenium (with antioxidant and anti-aging).

Furthermore, the Iberian pig is suitable in low calorie diets. One hundred grams of meat provide about 200 kcal., And 100 gr. ham only 300 Kcal. In this case, you can avoid the intake of external fat (no infiltration).

So it is not only healthy food, but also complete. 100 gr. Iberian pig, 33 protein, and if we focus on the ham 100 gr. contain 43 gr. protein.

To illustrate the excellence of the Iberian pig feed, the following table compares the nutritional content of meat (ham) with the common pig.

Valores nutricionales