They say, the current buzz over the Spam Tocino can be traced to a post shared via the Twitter account of the Looloo app.
It didn’t take long before netizens, a good number most probably Pinoys, logged on to Spam’s official website to confirm that the variant of the processed meat was indeed authentic.
“Nutrition facts of Spam Tocino show that it has less sodium (590 mg per 2-oz serving) compared to its original variant (790 mg), although it has one gram of sugar per serving,” reports ABS-CBNnews.com.
The price of this suddenly-hot processed meat is US$3. Mind you, it’s a limited edition sort of thing.
As for when this variant came along, we’re not exactly sure. However, it seems that some ingenious Pinoy cooks have been cooking a Spam-tocino hybrid long before it got incorporated into the official Spam line-up.
The blog Where’s the Tablespoon? details how the Spam tocino was cooked using plain Spam and tocino mix! The post on the subject is dated May 15, 2011. We’re dying to find out the name of the grandmother mentioned in the post. She may have been the one who started this Spam tocino revolution without knowing it. If not, we’d still like to know who thought of it first.
