Why People Love to Eat Pizza

Pizza History

Pizza is an Italian dish of yeasted flatbread with different toppings including meat, vegetables or tomatoes. The idea of pizza arises from Italy when people used to serve it to the poor people with a history dated back to 7000 years ago. It was then topped with herbs, onions, and garlic but during the transformation phase of the modern era, the types of toppings also changed until recently there are approximately more than forty documented types of pizzas. The most common variant of pizzas used in the modern world is Neapolitan pizza with various modifications although marinara and Margherita are other commonly used variants of pizzas available to enjoy the taste. 

Why are Pizzas Liked? 

There are multiple reasons which describe why people love to eat pizzas so much. Following are some of the reasons which are common ones: 

1. Customization: 

The benefit of choosing the recipe of a pizza as per your taste buds is always a reason why people love to choose pizzas as their food because it’s up to a person which ingredients he/she needs for savoring their appetite hence no need to search for separate cooking recipes for having the final pizza dish to serve. Someone truly said that pizza knows how to dress for any occasion, you can make it heavy with extra toppings and extra cheese or you can make it light by decreasing the contents. 

2. Rich Source of Calories: 

Pizzas are a rich source of calories due to large amounts of cheese, meat, vegetables, and sauces as their ingredients. They can be low calorie or high calorie depending upon the amount of fats and proteins used in its cooking as a recipe. Look at the below Pizza Pick hot meal, it's rich with calories, Pizza, chicken pasta, garlic bread and off course a drink.

3. Availability: 

Pizzas are readily available food items whether ready made or even if you plan to cook it for yourself it is easy to cook it with simple items most of the time available in the kitchen. Another benefit of pizzas is that they can be preserved easily for use at the time of need. 

4. Addictive Food: 

Pizzas have high contents of cheese which in turn is a rich source of casein this casein is the main compound which binds to opiate receptors and releases casomorphins which play a significant role in addiction of pizzas. 

5. Flavor: 

Flavor is another most important benefit in popularity of pizzas among people around the world as it may vary from a meaty treat to a cheesy dip, salty fish flavor or simply sour and sweet. Hence one can order the flavor depending on mood and enjoy every bite of the flavor they love. 

6. Pocket-friendly: 

Pizzas are highly economical to purchase as a food that is not only tasty but can fulfill appetite at a very reasonable cost with dignity. It is the best party item to be sold all around the world for which a major chunk of benefit is the monetary benefit. For example Pizza Pick, located at Gulshan-e-Iqbal Karachi offers two Pizzas with a 1.75 Ltr. Drink and it's enough for 6 persons meal.

7. Interesting: 

Pizzas are so interesting for everyone who likes to have surprises in every bite of their food as pizzas can be customized to change flavor from periphery towards center hence making every bite being a surprise for pleasure seekers, 

8. Preservation: 

It is easy to bake the base of pizza and freeze it for long periods of time without fear of getting destroyed too early. Hence you need to defrost it add a topping of your choice and bake it for your anytime favorite recipe. 

9. Eating Vegetables Easy: 

Pizzas can be topped with vegetables and if you don’t like eating raw or cooked vegetables then it’s easy to have your vegetable portion of the daily diet in the form of pizza.