Jinhua ham is popular in China because of its characteristic aroma. Unlike dry-cured western ham, it is cooked. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of three traditional cooking methods, steaming (B), boiling (C) and stewed ham Soup (S) on the volatiles in Jinhua ham (A). The volatiles were analyzed by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) after extraction by Solid Phase Microextraction (SPME). The volatiles mainly consisted of alcohols, sulfur-containing compounds and cyclic compounds. Results from the Principal Components Analysis (PCA) showed A,