Hormel's most famous product is SPAM luncheon meat. The canned meat has
been a hit throughout the world, most notably in Hawaii. It was relied on heavily during the wars since it was easily transported,
could be eaten without coooking and didn't spoil.
SPAM is a conveniently packaged canned meat product made of 100 percent
pure pork and ham. SPAM Classic contains 180 calories per two-ounce serving. SPAM luncheon meat first was produced
in 1937. It was one of the first convenient, moderately priced and great tasting meat products on the market.
SPAM is produced in two U.S. locations Austin, Minn. and Fremont, Neb.,
and in three foreign countries Denmark, Korea and the Philippines. At full capacity, the U.S. plants are capable of producing
more than 44,000 cans of SPAM per hour.
There are six permanent varieties of SPAM: SPAM
Classic, SPAM lite, SPAM less sodium, SPAM hot & spicy, SPAM smoke flavored and
SPAM oven roasted turkey. In addition, there are two seasonal flavors- SPAM with cheese and
SPAM bbq flavored. In addition to those flavors, SPAM garlic flavored is distributed
outside the U.S.
The SPAM Family of Products are trademarked in more than
100 countries worldwide and sold in 41 nations, from Andorra to Zimbabwe.
More than 122 million cans of SPAM are sold worldwide each year.
In the U.S., a can of SPAM is purchased every 3 seconds. On a per capita basis, Hawaii, Alaska, Arkansas, Texas and
Alabama are the heaviest consumers of SPAM in the U. S. Of these five states, Hawaii is the leader. Over 6.7 million
cans are sold annually in Hawaii, which equals 5.5 cans per year per Hawaiian.
