People eat a lot of funny foods worldwide and few seem to be loved more than pizza. It is eaten all over the world, in many different recipes, and seems to have its largest fanbase in America where it is literally eaten by the acre every day.
These interesting stats are based on pizza consumption in the USA:
- Pizzarias represent 17% of all restaurants in the USA.
- One third of American pizza eaters prefer pepperoni.
- 94% of the US population eats pizza.
I’d say it is fairly established, the Americans love their pizza. How does this all stack up when you compare with Australia? With a much smaller population in Australia, the Aussies still carry their weight in the pizza consumption stakes. The guys at Melbourne Pizza Delivery (MPD) are carrying out the next Australian Social Experiment to establish where they are positioned in the global marketplace of pizza consumption.
How will this social experiment work? First of all the boys from MPD establish the nutrition levels of many pizza types. Then who eats the different pizza types and what the demographics of the consumers are. How does the body cope with the nutrition levels of a pizza over weeks, maybe years? There are many questions to ask and these will be answered as the research continues.
People from all walks of life enjoy their pizza and it isn’t restricted to certain social backgrounds anymore. Just about anyone can find the money for a take away pizza these days and that clearly shows up in the amazing amounts of pizza that is delivered to people’s doorsteps every month all over the globe.