Nutrition for Spam

Calories, Protein, Vitamins and More


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Spam Nutrition Summary

One ounce of spam (28 grams) contains 82 calories and 3.5 grams of protein. Spam consist of 56% water, 3% carbohydrates, 13% protein, and 25% fat.

Spam is an excellent source of a few nutrients, including Vitamin C and potassium. It also contains significant amounts of selenium, phosphorus and choline.

In one ounce of spam:

  • Calories: 82
  • Protein: 3.5 g
  • Fat: 7 g, (Saturated: 2.5 g)
  • Cholesterol: 21.3 mg
  • Sodium: 290.1 mg
There is no significant amounts of sugar or dietary fiber in spam.

See the Spam Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Luncheon meat, pork, ham, and chicken, minced, canned, reduced sodium, added ascorbic acid, includes SPAM, 25% less sodium.

Calories in Spam

Spam has 82 calories per ounce or 293 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from fat and protein.

78% of calories in spam are from fat, 17% of calories are from protein and 5% of calories are from carbohydrates.

Calories from Fat

The majority, or 78% of the calories in Spam are from fat. Spam is high in total fat, with 7 grams or 11% of recommended daily values per ounce. Most of the fat in spam are healthier unsaturated fats.

Spam contains 21.3 mg of cholesterol and no trans-fat.

  • Total fat: 7 g
  • Cholesterol: 21.3 mg
  • Saturated fat: 2.5 g
  • Monounsaturated fat: 3.5 g
  • Polyunsaturated fat: 0.7 g
There is no significant amounts of trans fat in spam.

Omega-6 in Spam

A good source of omega-6 fatty acids, every ounce of spam contains a total of 0.7 grams of omega-6. In addition, a large portion of the omega-6 in spam comes from linolenic acid - the only essential omega-6 fatty acid. [2]

  • linoleic acid: 0.68 g

Calories Similar to Spam

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Protein in Spam

An excellent source of protein, a single ounce of Spam contains 7% of recommended daily values or 3.5 grams of protein. However, the protein in spam is not complete, meaning it does not contain all 9 essential amino acids. Specifically, spam is low in tryptophan, threonine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, valine and histidine.

  • Protein: 3.5 g
There is no significant amounts of tryptophan, threonine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, valine or histidine in spam.

Protein Similar to Spam

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Vitamins and Minerals in Spam

An good source of nutrients, spam contains abundant amounts of Vitamin C and potassium. In fact, a single ounce of spam contains 16% of recommended daily values or 12 milligrams of Vitamin C.

Vitamins in spam (1 oz):
  • Thiamin: 0.1 mg
  • Riboflavin: 0.1 mg
  • Niacin: 0.9 mg
  • Vitamin b6: 0.1 mg
  • Vitamin c: 12 mg
  • Vitamin e: 0.1 mg
  • Folate: 1.1 ug
  • Vitamin b12: 0.2 ug
Minerals in spam (1 oz):
  • Potassium: 157.9 mg
  • Iron: 0.2 mg
  • Magnesium: 3.9 mg
  • Zinc: 0.6 mg
  • Selenium: 7 ug
  • Phosphorus: 30.5 mg
  • Choline: 17.1 mg
There is no significant amounts of calcium, copper, manganese, vitamin a, pantothenic acid or vitamin k in spam.

Similar to Spam for Vitamin C

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Spam Nutrition Chart

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Nutrition calculations are from Harvard Medical's nutrient guidelines [1] and USDA's food central database (2019) [2].
We calculated values from 2000 kCal daily recommended diet.

Spam in Cooking

Most recipes call for one or two spams of spam.


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