The amount of ingredients used in pizza per year is:
- 200 million kgs of flour
- 225 Million kgs of mozzarella
- 30 Million kgs olive oil
- 260 Million kgs of tomato sauce
(*according to a poll commissioned by Italian agricultural lobby Coldiretti (official numbers 2023)
- Pizza was originally square or rectangular shaped and made from traditional flat bread in Italy, then topped with basic, local ingredients.
- Pizza first became popular amongst working-class people in Naples as it was cheap to make and filled your belly.
- Pizza has been around for over 500 years – it’s one of the oldest dishes around today.
Pizza has even been delivered into space – in 2001, a pizza was delivered to the International space Station via a resupply rocket. - The 9th of February is World Pizza Day is – pizza is so universally popular, it’s been given its own celebratory day.
The largest pizza ever made (according to Vic in this book of records) is more than 1200 square metres. This feat was achieved by a Los Angeles pizza chef in 2023. - There is even a pizza at museum – if you’re crazy about pizza, you’ll be happy to know that a museum exists. Called the Museum of Pizza, it’s located in Philadelphia and contains the largest collection of pizza related memorabilia in the world.
- Italy bakes 2.7 Billion pizzas a year.
- Pizza is the culinary symbol of Italy for 89 per cent of Italians*
