Wiltshire Cured Ham

Houghton Hams

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Wiltshire Ham infers a specific curing method that originates from the 18 th century. It was developed by the Harris family in Calne, Wiltshire. Here at Houghton Hams we produce an authentic Wiltshire Ham and have been accredited to do so under the BMPA’s charter standard. Our Wiltshire Ham is produced through a secret injection brine with no water retainers, the product is then immersed in a live brine where only salt tolerant organisms survive and then our technical team go to work to monitor and control this conversion. These organisms help the chemical conversion of nitrate to nitrite over

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