Food · Facts & sources
5 sourced facts about pizza, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
Answerabout 1 in 8 (13%)
Federal dietary survey data found pizza is an everyday food for millions of Americans age 2 and up.
Source: USDA Agricultural Research Service, Food Surveys Research Group Dietary Data Brief No. 11 (2014) ars.usda.gov
Answerabout 22%
Kids and teens ate pizza far more often than adults 60 and older, under 6% of whom had pizza on a given day.
Source: USDA Agricultural Research Service, Food Surveys Research Group Dietary Data Brief No. 11 (2014) ars.usda.gov
Answer59%
Most pizza eating happened at home, according to the federal dietary survey (2007–2010 data).
Source: USDA Agricultural Research Service, Food Surveys Research Group Dietary Data Brief No. 11 (2014) ars.usda.gov
Answerabout 27%
Across age and gender groups, pizza supplied 18% to 31% of the day's energy for those who ate it.
Source: USDA Agricultural Research Service, Food Surveys Research Group Dietary Data Brief No. 11 (2014) ars.usda.gov
Answerabout 3,000
UNESCO recognizes three categories of practitioners: the Master Pizzaiuolo, the Pizzaiuolo and the baker.
Source: UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (2017) ich.unesco.org