Yeah, they’d count ham, salami and sausage as “processed.” My understanding that “processed” is meat that is subject to any sort of preservation or curing process. Non-processed meat is just plain ol’ butchered meat without any curing or smoking.
How about just salt and pepper and drying?
As in beef jerky, a major daily staple. I’m assuming “processed “ means nitrates.
I imagine that old style sausage and meats would be fine, but the modern processing using chemicals that were not really around 120 years ago.
The other thing is that our European ancestors also worked hard every day. They burned a lot of calories on the farm. You shouldn’t eat all that stuff when working at a computer all day.
Uh, please tell me that does not include bacon. Going to ruin breakfast if I have to ditch it.
Nitrates. Read labels before you buy.
My husband makes his own beef jerky. He bought a deli slicer to be able to make it thin. He does a pound or so a week. Just salt and pepper and dehydrate. He refrigerates it. It is pretty amazing stuff!