Ham is usually a general term. This does not mean that the meat of ham is pork. We must understand this. Knowing the ingredients of ham sausage, you will clearly find that the proportion of pork is only 10% to 20%, and even some ham sausages are mainly chicken, while protein is mainly beans. Now I understand the composition of "artificial meat"
Usually, the Food Administration allows other kinds of meat to be added to ham. Some hams also add "bone mud" to press animal bones into mud, and then mix them with ham to eat. There is also chewiness that does not affect digestion. Such a proportion and manufacturing method can still make money at the wholesale price of a few cents, but it will increase the price of goods, but it will be unsalable, and the goods will have a shelf life, which will lead to certain losses.
In a food processing factory, not everyone can process like a toad in a hole. Every manufacturing is calculated in tons, which requires a lot of raw materials, which is not only the requirement of the capital chain, but also the influence of the market sales channels. The number of sausage manufacturers you can think of is very small, and they are often large refrigerators. The meat of ham sausage will not use freshly slaughtered meat, and many of them are frozen meat. Merchants can buy meat in large quantities at lower prices. They can also adjust the production of sausage-related varieties according to the market price of meat, so they can also control the cost appropriately, so it makes sense that the price of sausage does not rise.