I taste tested 6 canned meats and Spam made the best sandwich

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• While it may taste different from fresh meat, canned meat lasts longer and is far cheaper.
• I tried six canned meat products — Libby's corned beef, StarKist tuna, Underwood deviled ham, Armour potted meat, Hormel chicken breast, and Spam — to see which was the best.
• Potted meat was the cheapest, but Spam had the best value for its price.

People often buy canned products because they're both cheaper and last longer, but canned meat products can be something of a mixed bag. Some of them are enough to make a grown man shudder — I would know because I am that man.

I decided to taste test canned meat products available on store shelves to see which tastes the closest to meat and makes the best sandwich. For the taste test, I tried the meat first by itself and then with a slice of plain white bread. For this experiment, I tried Libby's corned beef, StarKist tuna, Underwood deviled ham, Armour potted meat, Hormel chicken breast, and Spam.

Here is how each canned meat product fared, ranked in order of my least favorite to my favorite.