Interesting Facts About Pizza
By: Elizebeth Patrick
According to “10 Amazing Facts About Pizza”, “Americans consume an average of 350 slices of pizza every second.” This equates to approximately 100 acres of pizza and an outstanding amount of 21,000 slices a minute. To go along with the outstanding amount of pizza that is consumed each day, approximately 93% of Americans will order a pizza at least once a month.
Most people would not think of pizza as a breakfast meal, approximately 40% of Americans believe that pizza is a breakfast meal. Even though there are various different toppings that Americans will put on a pizza, pepperonis are the most popular. Some other popular pizza toppings include mushrooms, extra cheese, sausage, onions, black olives, green peppers, and fresh garlic.
According to “10 Amazing Facts About Pizza”, “About 251.7 million pounds of this flavorful meaty topping is consumed annually in the US on pizza.” Pizza consumption is the highest during major sporting events such as the super bowl, world series, or NBA finals. According to “10 Amazing Facts About Pizza”, “Pizza hut often records selling over 2 million pizzas during the super bowl every year.
This delicious food was first developed for low-income families in Naples. The first pizzeria was founded in New York City in what was first considered a grocery store. According to “36 Amazing Facts You Didn’t Know About Pizza”, “There is a mathematical theorem named after pizza.” “This theory is called the Pizza theorem, and it states that the equality of two areas that arise when one partitions a disk in a certain way.”
According to “36 Amazing Facts About Pizza You Didn’t know,” states that “the most expensive pizza in the world costs $12,000.” This pizza is called the Luis XIII in Salerno, Italy. To finalize, pizza has been around for thousands of years and is one of the most common foods Americans eat.
