Dry-cured whole muscle
Salt pork
Heavily salted pork belly or side, cured for keeping rather than for eating as it is. Survives in FoodData Central as a composition entry.
What this page is built from
- Protected names
- 0
- US standards of identity
- 0
- Composition rows
- 1
- Named by FSIS
- no
- Buying guide
- yes
This page exists because these joins exist. A class name that joins to no register entry, no standard, no composition row and no buying guide would not have a page.
US standard of identity
No section of 9 CFR part 319 defines this product. That is worth knowing: it means the name carries no compositional guarantee in the United States, and two products sold under it may have been made quite differently.
Composition
| Food | Sodium, mg | Salt, % | Water, g | Protein, g |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pork, cured, salt pork, raw | 2,680 | 6.81 | 11.0 | 5.1 |
Buying it
The oldest preserved pork in the American larder and the plainest: pork belly or fatback packed in salt, with no nitrite, no smoke and no drying to a water activity target. It is a cooking ingredient rather than a ready-to-eat product, and that is a regulatory distinction rather than a culinary preference.
What to read on the label. Must be cooked. Salt pork is preserved against spoilage, not made safe to eat as it is.
Worth repeating in a buying context: no section of 9 CFR part 319 defines this product, so in the United States the word on the front of the pack is a marketing term. The compositional statements that are regulated are the ones on the back, in the ingredient list and the nutrition panel.
This is not a protected designation. The listing below is a product of this type, not a registered name. The register entries for this class are listed above and none of them is what is linked here.
Affiliate links
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Listing
J Bar B Foods Salt Pork 12 Oz (4 Pack)
- Lowest new, checked 2026-09-04
- $59.99
- Brand
- J Bar B Foods
- ASIN
- B07TCZGLS4
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Register data: eAmbrosia, the EU geographical indications register, retrieved 2026-09-04. Composition: USDA FoodData Central, retrieved 2026-09-04, All values are per 100 g of the food as described.