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Article: Cheese pizza - hold the fat. (mozzarella cheese)
- Article from:
- Agricultural Research
- Article date:
- September 1, 1994
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Whether it's dine-in, pick-up, or delivery, one common denominator exists in pizza--fat.
No matter how you slice it, Americans consume about 100 acres of pizza each day, according to the National Association of Pizza Operators and Pizza Today. This translates to an average of 7.7 pounds of that delicious, stringy mozzarella cheese topping, per person, each year.
For the diet-conscious, several brands of low-fat mozzarella are now on the market. But many consumers find today's low-fat mozzarella unacceptable, and few pizzerias are ready to trade the cheesy quality of their regular, or full-fat, product for a minimal fat reduction (5 to 7 percentage points) ...