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SPAM fans divided over new canned meat flavor
New York Post • • business
Key Points:
- Hormel Foods has launched SPAM Hot Honey, the first permanent new flavor addition to the SPAM lineup in two years, combining sweet and spicy flavors to appeal to current taste trends.
- SPAM Hot Honey is now available at select grocery retailers nationwide and is part of a lineup that includes over 10 different SPAM flavors.
- To promote the launch, Hormel partnered with New York City's Win Son Bakery to offer limited-time menu items featuring the new flavor through September 20 at Brooklyn and Manhattan locations.
- Consumer reactions are mixed, with some excited to try the new flavor and others preferring the original SPAM or expressing fatigue with the hot honey trend.
- SPAM, introduced in 1937 and popularized during World War II, remains a widely recognized canned meat product with strong followings in Hawaii and parts of Asia.
