Whether you grew up eating it and still love it or you’ve merely eyed it suspiciously in a supermarket aisle, at some point you’ve probably wondered, What is Spam made of? Now that Spam is ...

The four capitalized letters of the word SPAM might seem simple at first glance, but they hold a history shrouded in mystery ...

To the war-weary British, Spam seemed symbolic of the American lifestyle and positively exotic. We ate Spam omelette (made with dried eggs), Spam fritters, Spam-in-the-hole, Spam-with-everything.

SPAM is primarily made from ground pork shoulder and ham. Added are salt, water, modified potato starch, sugar and sodium nitrite, which acts as its preservative. It’s a canned, processed meat ...