Household Ingredients Compared › Ham and Cold Cuts (Singapore)
Three different products share the cold-cuts shelf. Cooked ham is pork (or chicken/turkey) that has been cured, cooked and sliced — its list usually starts with the meat, then salt, sugar and a cure (nitrite salt, phosphates). Dry-cured ham — prosciutto, jamón ibérico, Serrano — is raw pork cured with salt and air-dried for months; a protected DOP/IGP one may list only pork and salt. And salami / mortadella / pastrami are fermented or cooked cured meats with their own spice, wine and starter-culture lists. The front of the pack rarely makes the distinction clear; the ingredient list does.
This page covers sliced ham, turkey/chicken slices, salami, mortadella, pastrami, prosciutto and other sliced cold cuts / deli meats sold in Singapore, chilled and shelf-stable. It excludes bacon, sausages/hot dogs and canned luncheon meat — those have separate pages. Whole (unsliced) hams sold for carving are noted only where a verbatim list was retrieved, and are flagged as whole, not sliced packs. This page does not give a health score or a "best" pick.
| Product | Type | First ingredient | Added sugar? | Pack size (as printed) | Country of manufacture (as printed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FairPrice Honey Baked Ham 200g | Cooked pork ham, sliced | Pork | Yes — honey, sugar | 200g | Singapore |
| FairPrice Breakfast Ham 200g | Cooked pork ham, sliced | Pork | Yes — sugar | 200g | Singapore |
| Kelly's Sliced Ham — Premium Apple Baked 200g | Cooked pork ham, sliced | Pork | Yes — sugar; apple juice | 200g | Singapore |
| Jordon Free Range Honey Baked Ham (Pre-Sliced) 1.8kg | Cooked pork ham, pre-sliced (pre-order) | Free range pork | Yes — dextrose, honey, sugar | 1.8kg | Singapore |
| Jill's Smoked Ham (sliced) 200g | Smoked pork ham, nitrite-free | Pork leg meat | No added sugar listed | 200g | Singapore |
| Ballgus Chicken Ham 200g | Chicken ham, sliced (SG-made) | Chicken meat | Yes — dextrose, sugar | 200g | Singapore |
| Ballgus Turkey Ham 200g | Turkey ham, sliced (SG-made) | Chicken meat (turkey 2nd) | Yes — dextrose, sugar | 200g | Singapore |
| Delicato Honey Glazed Pork Loin Ham 1kg | Whole loin ham (pre-order, not sliced pack) | Pork | Yes — sugar, syrup (fructose, glucose) | 1kg | not stated |
| Delicato Turkey Breast Ham 1.5kg | Whole turkey ham (pre-order, not sliced pack) | Turkey | Yes — sugar | 1.5kg | not stated |
| Primo Danish Salami 80g (AU list) | Salami, sliced | Meat including pork | Yes — dextrose | 80g | Australia |
| Primo Double Smoked Leg Ham 100g (AU list) | Cooked pork ham, sliced | Pork | Yes — sugar, dextrose | 100g | Australia |
| Primo English Ham 100g (AU list) | Cooked pork ham, sliced | Pork | Yes — sugar | 100g | Australia |
| Primo Pepperoni Salami 80g (AU list) | Salami, sliced | Meat including pork | Yes — dextrose | 80g | Australia |
| Prosciutto di Parma DOP (Ferrarini / Fumagalli / Morgante, 70/90g) | Dry-cured ham, sliced | Pork leg | No | 70g / 90g | Italy |
| Prosciutto di San Daniele DOP, 18 months, 90g | Dry-cured ham, sliced | Italian pork leg | No | 90g | Italy |
Panelled with verbatim lists: 15 products — 7 sliced packs from SG retailer / SG brand / SG manufacturer sources (FairPrice Honey Baked, FairPrice Breakfast, Kelly's Premium Apple Baked, Jordon Free Range Honey Baked (Pre-Sliced), Jill's Smoked Ham, Ballgus Chicken Ham, Ballgus Turkey Ham), 2 whole/pre-order hams from FairPrice ingredient sections (Delicato Honey Glazed Pork Loin, Delicato Turkey Breast), 4 Primo products from Australian lists flagged as non-SG (Danish Salami, Double Smoked Leg Ham, English Ham, Pepperoni Salami), and 2 DOP dry-cured hams panelled on the DOP rule (Parma, San Daniele). Seen-but-not-verified: 61 named products/variants — see the list below.
Prices are deliberately not shown here: they change weekly and would go stale. This site compares ingredients only.
Pack size: 200g · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients (FairPrice ingredient section): Pork, Honey, Sugar, Nitrite Salt (Salt, E250), Emulsifiers [INS451(i), INS450(iii), INS452(i), E316, E416], Flour Enhancer (E621), Nitrite Salt (E250, Monascus Colour, Salt), Modified Salt (E1412), Flavouring [Salt, E621, E627, E631, Sugar, Hydrolysed Vegetable Protein (contains Wheat), Yeast Extract, E551, Smoke Flavour] and Stabiliser (E412).
Keep refrigerated (4°C & below); best consumed within 3 days of opening. Pork first, then honey and sugar — the "honey baked" sweetness is in the list, not just the name. Note the flavouring contains hydrolysed vegetable protein (wheat) — a gluten/wheat flag — and nitrite salt appears twice in the section as printed. Cooked ham Added sugar: honey, sugar Nitrite: E250 Allergen: wheat (in flavouring)
Pack size: 200g · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients (FairPrice ingredient section): Pork, Sugar, Nitrite Salt, (Salt, E250), Monosodium Glutamate, Phosphates [E451(i), E452(i), E339(iii)], Modified Starch (E1412), Flavouring (Salt, E621, E635, Sugar, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein, Flavour, Smoke Flavour), Stabiliser (E412) and Colour Stabiliser (E316).
Keep refrigerated 4°C & below; best consumed within 3 days of opening. The plainest of the FairPrice cooked hams panelled: pork, sugar, nitrite salt, MSG, phosphates and modified starch, with a smoke-flavoured flavouring. No honey, no apple, no truffle — the flavouring is the difference from the Honey Baked row above. Cooked ham Added sugar: sugar Nitrite: E250
Pack size: 200g · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients (FairPrice ingredient section): Pork, Salt, Sugar, Apple Juice, Thickener (E407, E425, E508, Dextrin), Colour Stabilizer (Dextrose, E316, E621, Salt), Spices, Acidity Regulator [E325, E262(i), E262(ii)], Soy Protein, Stabilizer [E469, Gluten, E501(i), E170(i), Starch], Monosodium Glutamate, Phosphates [E450(i), E451(i), E452(ii)], Monascus Colouring, Sodium Nitrite.
Allergen advice on the listing: contains soy and gluten. Cook before consumption; keep refrigerated 0–4°C; best consumed within 3 days of opening. Apple juice is the 4th ingredient — the "apple baked" flavour is a listed ingredient, not just a name — but this is also the most allergen-heavy panelled ham (soy protein, gluten, wheat is not named separately here but gluten is). Cooked ham Added sugar: sugar, dextrose Apple juice Allergens: soy, gluten Nitrite: sodium nitrite
Pack size: 1.8kg · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients (FairPrice ingredient section): Free Range Pork, Modified Starch (E1414), Salt, Lactose, Dextrose, E450(I), E450(Iii), E450(V), E451(I), E451(Ii), Honey, Sugar, Maltodextrin, Spices, E621, E250. Allergen(s): Milk Product (Lactose).
Christmas pre-order, sold by Christmas Delicatessen Pre-Order; boneless ham, reheat 150°C for 56–60 minutes to 75°C internal. "Free range" is the pork claim; the list itself is a standard cured-ham list with modified starch second, lactose (milk allergen), dextrose, honey and sugar. Flag: a seasonal pre-order listing, not an everyday sliced pack — included because it is pre-sliced and its FairPrice ingredient section is verbatim. Cooked ham Pre-sliced, pre-order Added sugar: dextrose, honey, sugar Allergen: milk (lactose) Nitrite: E250
Pack size: 200g · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients (Jill's Sausages SG brand site): Pork leg meat, water, salt, spices, fruit extract, vinegar, natural flavour, antioxidant (vitamin C), baking soda, natural wood smoke. Keto friendly, no starch added.
SG brand (Jill's Sausages, JJ Meats Pte Ltd, Singapore); sold at FairPrice as "Smoked Pork Ham (Nitrite Free)" 200g and at Sheng Siong / RedMart. Brand claims: nitrite free, chemical additives free, gluten free, dairy free, celery free, no added sugar/starch, keto friendly, low fat. The brand notes the ham is slightly paler and changes colour once opened because there is no nitrite salt. Flag: the FairPrice name ("Smoked Pork Ham (Nitrite Free)") differs slightly from the brand-site name ("Smoked Ham (sliced), chilled (Pork)"); the list is the brand site's, not a FairPrice ingredient section, and the FairPrice pack still needs a photo to confirm the names match. Smoked ham Nitrite-free (brand claim) No added sugar listed No starch added
Pack size: 200g · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients (Ballgus SG product specification, 20 Apr 2021): Chicken Meat, Salt, Brine [Stabilizers (E451i, E450iii, E450ii), Dextrose, Salt, Antioxidant (E316), Flavour Enhancer (E621), Nitrite (E250)], Potato Starch, Seasoning [Maltodextrin, Flavour Enhancer (E621, E631, E627), Corn Starch, Sugar, Chicken Meat and Fat, Yeast Extract, Soya Sauce, Palm Fat, Spices, Flavouring].
Product of Singapore / made in Singapore; sliced chicken ham, 15g per slice, 200g packs; chilled 0–4°C, 3-month shelf life, cook before consumption. Target consumer stated as "General Public through Retailer and Super/Hypermarket". Allergen advice: contains egg, soy, wheat. Flag: this is a manufacturer specification sheet, not a retailer ingredient section — the named SG retailer selling this exact 200g pack was not confirmed in this pass, so the SG shelf placement still needs a pack/store check. Chicken ham Added sugar: dextrose, sugar Allergens: egg, soy, wheat Nitrite: E250
Pack size: 200g · Made in: Singapore (as printed)
Ingredients (Ballgus SG product specification, 20 Apr 2021): Chicken Meat, Turkey Meat, Salt, Brine [Stabilizers (E451i, E450iii, E450ii), Dextrose, Salt, Antioxidant (E316), Flavour Enhancer (E621), Nitrite (E250)], Potato Starch, Seasoning [Maltodextrin, Flavour Enhancer (E621, E631, E627), Corn Starch, Sugar, Chicken Meat and Fat, Yeast Extract, Soya Sauce, Palm Fat, Spices, Flavouring].
Same specification format as the Chicken Ham above: product of Singapore, sliced, 15g per slice, 200g packs, chilled 0–4°C, cook before consumption, target "General Public through Retailer and Super/Hypermarket". Allergen advice: contains egg, soy, wheat. The point of this row: chicken meat is listed before turkey meat — this "turkey ham" is a chicken-led product with turkey second. Do not read it as a pure-turkey ham. Same flag as the Chicken Ham: manufacturer spec sheet, named SG retailer not confirmed in this pass. Turkey ham Chicken meat first Added sugar: dextrose, sugar Allergens: egg, soy, wheat
These two have verbatim FairPrice ingredient sections, but they are whole hams sold on pre-order, not everyday sliced packs. They are panelled here so their lists are not lost, and flagged as whole.
Pack size: 1kg · Made in: not stated (as printed)
Ingredients (FairPrice ingredient section): Pork, Honey, Seasoning {Maltodextrin, Acidity Regulator [Ins331(Iii)], Spice Extracts (On Carrier Salt, Dextrose, Nutmeg, Pepper), Emulsifiers [Ins450(I), Ins451(I)], Granulated Broth (Hydrolysed Vegetable Protein, Salt, Non-Hydrogenated Rapeseed Oil), Antioxidant (E301)}, Nitrite Salt [Salt, Preservative (E250), Monascus Colour], Potato Starch, Seasoning [Dried Glucose Syrup, Spice Extracts (On Carrier Dextrose, Marjoram, Nutmeg, Onion), Spices, Non-Hydrogenated Rapeseed Oil], Sugar, Syrup (Fructose, Glucose) and Flavour Enhancer [Salt, Yeast Extract, Hydrolysed Vegetable Protein (Contains Soyabean), Flavouring, Anti-Caking Agent (E551)].
Remove from packaging 1 hour before reheating; glaze with honey as required; oven 180°C for 20 minutes. Whole loin ham Pre-order Added sugar: sugar, syrup (fructose, glucose), dried glucose syrup Allergen: soyabean (in flavour enhancer)
Pack size: 1.5kg · Made in: not stated (as printed)
Ingredients (FairPrice ingredient section): Turkey, Sugar, Nitrite Salt (E250, Monascus Colour, Salt), Nitrite Salt (Salt, E250), Emulsifiers [Ins451(I), Ins450(Iii), Ins452(I), E316, E412], E621, Modified Starch (E1412), Flavouring [Salt, E621, E627, E631, Sugar, Hydrolysed Vegetable Protein (Contains Wheat), Yeast Extract, E551, Smoke Flavour] and Stabiliser (E412).
Remove from packaging 1 hour before reheating; glaze with honey; oven 180°C for 15 minutes. Lean ham with a rich & smoky flavour (retailer description). Whole turkey ham Pre-order Added sugar: sugar Allergen: wheat (in flavouring)
Primo sliced ham/salami is sold in Singapore — Cold Storage lists "Primo Sliced Ham/Salami" and FairPrice lists Primo Reserve Smoked Leg Ham and Off-the-Bone Ham — but no SG pack list was retrieved for any Primo product in this pass. The lists below are Australian (Woolworths / IGA / Open Food Facts Australia) for the same brand's sliced range, panelled as flagged non-SG examples, not as SG pack lists. Do not assume the SG pack matches them.
Pack size: 80g · Made in: Australia (as printed)
Ingredients (Open Food Facts Australia): Meat Including Pork, Salt, Dextrose (Maize or Tapioca), Skim Milk Powder, Spices, Fortified Wine, Lactose (Milk), Smoke Flavour, Mineral Salt (451), Antioxidant (316), Dried Vegetable (Garlic), Fermented Red Rice, Starter Culture, Preservative (250), Wood Smoke. CONTAINS MILK. MAY CONTAIN SOY.
Stores listed: Woolworths, Coles (Australia); countries where sold: Australia. No gluten (label). The salami pattern is distinct from cooked ham: milk powder and lactose, fortified wine, fermented red rice and a starter culture (fermentation), plus wood smoke. Salt is high — see Nutrition below. Salami AU list only Added sugar: dextrose Allergen: milk Preservative: E250
Pack size: 100g · Made in: Australia (as printed)
Ingredients (Uber Eats / IGA Australia listing): Pork, Water, Cure [Salt, Mineral Salts (451, 450), Sugar, Sea Salt, Dextrose (Maize Or Tapioca), Antioxidant (316), Preservative (250)], Acidity Regulators (326, 262), Wood Smoke. Contains: Soy, Milk.
"Our Primo sliced meat range helps you create lunches that are simple, convenient and tasty" (retailer description). Flag: Australian listing only; the SG FairPrice name is "Primo Reserve Smoked Leg Ham", which may or may not be this product — do not treat the AU list as the SG Reserve pack list. Cooked ham AU list only Added sugar: sugar, dextrose Allergens: soy, milk (as listed)
Pack size: 100g · Made in: Australia (as printed)
Ingredients (Spoonful / Australian retail listing): Pork, Water, Acidity Regulators (326, 262), Cure [Salt, Mineral Salts (451, 450), Sea Salt, Sugar, Antioxidant (316), Preservative (250), Natural Flavour].
Pre-sliced 100g leg ham, mild and savoury (retailer description). Flag: Australian listing only; SG availability of this exact "English Ham" variant was not verified in this pass. Cooked ham AU list only Added sugar: sugar
Pack size: 80g · Made in: Australia (as printed)
Ingredients (Spoonful / Australian retail listing): Meat Including Pork, Salt, Spices (Including Chilli), Dextrose (Maize or Tapioca), Milk Solids, Fortified Wine, Lactose (Milk), Smoke Flavour, Mineral Salt (451), Antioxidant (316), Garlic, Fermented Red Rice, Preservative (250), Starter Culture, Wood Smoke.
Same salami base as the Danish Salami above, with chilli spices and garlic added and no skim milk powder (milk solids / lactose instead). Flag: Australian listing only; SG availability of this exact Primo Pepperoni variant was not verified in this pass — Aw's Market Pepperoni (Sliced) is the SG pepperoni inventoried, and it is in seen-but-not-verified. Salami AU list only Added sugar: dextrose Allergen: milk
Prosciutto di Parma DOP and Prosciutto di San Daniele DOP may, by their DOP specifications, contain only pork leg and sea salt — no nitrates, nitrites, preservatives or smoke. That rule is the list panelled here, because no SG pack transcription was retrieved for any specific Parma / San Daniele pack in this pass. The SG sale is confirmed (Cold Storage: Ferrarini / Fumagalli / Morgante Parma Ham / San Daniele Ham, 70g/90g; foodpanda Cold Storage NEX: Ferrarini Parma Ham 90g, Prosciutto Di San Daniele Ham 18 Months 90g), but the SG pack itself still needs a photo.
Pack size: 70g / 90g · Made in: Italy (as printed)
Ingredients (DOP specification / Fumagalli technical specification): Pork leg (Italian origin), sea salt.
DOP since 1996; no nitrates or nitrites permitted, no smoke, no injection. Fumagalli's technical specification for Prosciutto di Parma DOP gives the same two ingredients and a salt figure of 4.4 g (basis not stated in the snippet retrieved — see Nutrition, seen-but-not-verified). Dry-cured ham DOP rule, not pack transcription No added sugar No nitrite permitted
Pack size: 90g · Made in: Italy (as printed)
Ingredients (DOP specification): Italian pork leg, sea salt.
San Daniele DOP's three stated ingredients are Italian pork hind legs, sea salt and the microclimate of San Daniele del Friuli — the microclimate is not a pack ingredient, so the pack list is pork leg and sea salt. Sold at Cold Storage (foodpanda Cold Storage NEX listing: "Prosciutto Di San Daniele Ham 18 Months 90g"). Flag: DOP-rule list, not an SG pack transcription; SG pack photo still needed. Dry-cured ham DOP rule, not pack transcription No added sugar
Cold Storage publishes no ingredient list on any product page — only size, storage, country and freshness — so this section is an inventory, not panels. Nothing below is panelled from Cold Storage's site; the DOP hams above are panelled on the DOP rule, and the rest stay seen-but-not-verified until pack photos close them.
61 named products/variants. "No verbatim list retrieved" means the retailer page gave only "Contains Pork" / "Contains Pork"–style allergen text, or no ingredient section at all in the crawl retrieved — not that the pack has no list. Pack photos are what close these.
All figures in the table are as sold, per 100 g. Sugars are total sugars as printed, not added sugars, unless the source states added sugars separately. No official Singapore Nutri-Grade (A–D) was found printed on any of these ham/cold-cuts listings in this pass, so none is quoted here; no grade has been assigned. (Primo Danish Salami carries an Australian Health Star Rating of 0.5 and an Open Food Facts Nutri-Score E — neither is a Singapore Nutri-Grade, and neither is presented here as one.)
Salt and sodium: salt = sodium × 2.5. The table shows sodium as printed (in mg) with the salt equivalent in brackets. Where the source gives salt only, sodium is derived as salt ÷ 2.5 and flagged as derived. Sodium is not presented as salt, and salt is not presented as sodium.
Total vs added sugars: most Singapore packs list total sugars, not added sugars. A total-sugars figure is never labelled here as "added sugar". Where a source states an added-sugars figure separately, it is noted. The ingredient list remains the evidence for added sugar (sugar, honey, dextrose, glucose syrup) versus naturally occurring sugars.
Open Food Facts is a community database and is flagged as secondary where used: the pack and the retailer nutrition section take precedence if they disagree. Figures marked "not stated" were not in the source retrieved; they are not estimated, borrowed from another variant, or copied across flavours.
| Product | Basis | Energy | Protein | Total fat | Saturated fat | Carbohydrate | Sugars | Sodium (salt equiv.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primo Danish Salami 80g (AU list) | Per 100 g, as sold (Open Food Facts Australia, secondary) | 392 kcal (1,640 kJ) | 20 g | 34.8 g | 14 g | 2.5 g | 2.5 g (added sugars 0 g as stated by OFF — see note) | 1,420 mg derived (salt 3.55 g) |
Observed numbers, no verdict: the only full per-100 g panel verified in this pass is Primo Danish Salami: 392 kcal, 20 g protein, 34.8 g fat (14 g saturated), 2.5 g carbohydrate/sugars, salt 3.55 g per 100 g. Note the internal tension in that source: its ingredient list includes dextrose, yet its nutrition table states added sugars 0 g — the 2.5 g is quoted as total sugars as printed, and the added-sugars figure is quoted as the source states it, not reconciled here.
Seen but not verified (nutrition): no per-100 g nutrition panel was verified in this pass for FairPrice Honey Baked Ham, FairPrice Breakfast Ham, Kelly's Premium Apple Baked, Jordon Free Range Honey Baked Ham (Pre-Sliced), Jill's Smoked Ham, Ballgus Chicken Ham, Ballgus Turkey Ham, Delicato Honey Glazed Pork Loin Ham, Delicato Turkey Breast Ham, Primo Double Smoked Leg Ham, Primo English Ham, Primo Pepperoni Salami, Prosciutto di Parma DOP, Prosciutto di San Daniele DOP, or any of the 61 seen-but-not-verified products. Fumagalli's Prosciutto di Parma DOP technical specification gives a salt figure of 4.4 g, but the basis (per 100 g or per serving) was not stated in the snippet retrieved, so it is not tabled here. Their ingredient panels are unchanged; their nutrition figures are not estimated here.
Checked 5–6 November 2026 from: FairPrice ingredient sections (FairPrice Honey Baked Ham, FairPrice Breakfast Ham, Kelly's Premium Apple Baked, Jordon Free Range Honey Baked Ham (Pre-Sliced), Delicato Honey Glazed Pork Loin Ham, Delicato Turkey Breast Ham — all via fairprice.com.sg product pages); Jill's Sausages SG brand site (Smoked Ham); Ballgus SG product specification PDFs (Chicken Ham, Turkey Ham, 20 Apr 2021); Open Food Facts Australia (Primo Danish Salami, with nutrition); Spoonful / Australian retail listings (Primo English Ham, Primo Pepperoni Salami); Uber Eats / IGA Australia (Primo Double Smoked Leg Ham); DOP specifications and Fumagalli technical specification (Prosciutto di Parma DOP); San Daniele DOP consortium material (Prosciutto di San Daniele DOP); FairPrice search/category listings (inventory: "Ham" search first 20, ham-salami category, Kelly's brand listing, Aw's Market listings); Cold Storage promotion/inventory listings via foodpanda Cold Storage NEX and Cold Storage Fresh Selections promotions (inventory only — no ingredient sections published); Shopee SG Donki Official Store (inventory only). Full per-fact source list is in the accompanying research notes. Nutrition section added 5–6 November 2026: figures are standardised to per 100 g where the source gives per-100 figures; per-serving-only figures are labelled as such and are not converted; sugars are total sugars as printed, not added sugars, unless the source states added sugars; salt = sodium × 2.5. Where a full pack list could not be verified, the product is in seen-but-not-verified instead of being panelled.