Important Facts about Pizza and Its Origin

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DO YOU KNOW? A long time ago, pizza in America was an inexpensive peasant food made casalinga (home-style) by southern Italian immigrant women in their kitchens.

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 The ancestors of modern-day pizzas were simple flat breads, known as foccasia in Italy that were sprinkled with different toppings.  Early pizzas were often sweet dishes, not savoury!

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 Pizza was introduced to the United States with the arrival of Italian immigrants in the 19th century.  The first pizzeria in the United States was opened by Vincent Bruno in Chicago, in the year 1903.  62% of pizza toppings ordered in the US are meat toppings.

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 Pizza is often classified as junk food, but it doesn’t have to be! In fact, a healthy pizza can be a balanced meal itself with carbs, proteins, fibers and more.  Approximately 251,770,000 pounds of pepperoni pizzas are consumed every year in the US alone.  Fruit pizzas are sweeter and healthier version of regular pizza and it has delicious fruit toppings.

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 The average 14 inch pizza contains 25% protein per slice.  36% of Americans think pizza would be perfect breakfast.  The first Domino’s Pizza opened in 1967, the first Pizza Hut in 1958 and the first Papa John’s in 1984.  The most expensive pizza ever created cost $2,745 and contained edible gold topping.

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