Why is roast pork white and ham is pink when it comes from the same animal?

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Why is roast pork white and ham is pink when it comes from the same animal?

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So most of the answers say that the color comes from curing and nitrates. But how does a huge leg of ham get pink all the way through? Im not an expert so I don’t understand how the curing process can penetrate all the way through from the surface and evenly have the same color as the inside.