Pata Negra Iberico Ham is considered by most the highest quality ham across the world. The Pata Negra (black hoofed) pigs that produce this select ham are reared on a natural diet of acorns. They develop a meat that is high in fat and richly flavored. The texture is smooth and tender, the flavor soft and full of fat (the healthy mono-saturated kind) that dissolves in the palate. It is found only in Spain, and only exported to the United States by Embutidos FermA n.