No. The main differences between Jinhua ham and bacon are as follows:

1. The craftsmanship is different. Jinhua ham is made from pig hind legs through dozens of processes including trimming, pickling, washing, shaping, fermentation, stacking, grading, etc. It also takes more than 10 months of fermentation.

Ordinary bacon is a processed product made by marinating any part of the pig and then roasting (or exposing it to the sun). In addition, mutton, beef, and chicken , duck and other meats can also be called bacon.

2. The flavors are different. Jinhua ham: The lean meat is salty and sweet, the fat meat is fragrant but not greasy.

Ordinary bacon: mellow taste, fat but not greasy, thin but not tooth-filling.

3. The colors are different. Jinhua ham: skin color is yellow and bright, flesh color is ruddy.

Ordinary bacon: golden color, yellow and red.