The pizza,
emblematic symbol of Italy, breaks a world record by confirming
the largest in the world,
certified by Guinness, the work of a United States pizzeria chain
Pizza Hut,
the famous chain, decided to celebrate the return to the market of its "Big New Yorker", a huge
pizza with cheese and pepperoni
that, with
1,300 square meters
, managed to enter the
Guinness Book of Records
with the largest ever made .
Late on Friday
Pizza Hut
received certification from a
Guinness representative,
confirming that they had made the world's largest pizza.
Dozens of pizza masters began to work on the pizza (REUTERS).
The gigantic dish that emerged centuries ago in Italy was made at the Los Angeles Convention Center, whose space would be large enough to contain a 1,300-square-meter pizza, with the aim of breaking the
Guinness
world record for the largest pizza in the world. world.
Dozens of pizza masters
began working on the pizza on Wednesday.
And on Friday night,
Pizza Hut
sent out the official notification: An on- site
Guinness
representative said it was indeed the world's largest pizza.
With 6,193 kilos of mass
The employees first rolled out the dough, then put the tomato sauce, and finally the
spicy salami
, very popular in the United States.
In total, there were
6,193 kilos
of dough,
2,244 kilos
of tomato sauce, just under
4,000 kilos
of cheese and
630,496 slices
of salami, according to a statement from
Pizza Hut
.
The company's chief executive, David Graves, said the 68,000 slices into which the pizza was cut will not be wasted but instead
will be donated
to the kitchens of self-help centers in Los Angeles.
The employees first spread the dough, then put the tomato sauce and finally the spicy salami.
The previous record, recalls
CNN
, belonged to the Roman pizza makers who, in 2012, created the colossal pizza Ottavia,
measuring 1,261.55 square meters
, and gluten-free, in a pavilion at the Rome Fair.
Although pizza is the trademark of Italy in the world, it is the Americans who lead the ranking among the most consumers of the dish based on water, flour, sauce and mozzarella.
In total, there were 6,193 kilos of dough, 2,244 kilos of tomato sauce, just under 4,000 kilos of cheese and 630,496 slices of salami.
A UNESCO World Heritage
Site since 2017, pizza had its World Day on January 17.
However, in the United States, National Pizza Day is celebrated on February 9.
What is the American favorite?
Undoubtedly, the pepperoni, with little cheese, thin and large.
Pizza Hut received certification from a Guinness representative, confirming that they had made the world's largest pizza.
The passion for pizza is planetary, but who consumes it the most in the world?
Americans are the largest consumers, with
13 kilos per head per year.
The Italians, of course, lead the ranking in Europe with 7.8 kilos per year.
They are followed by the Spanish (4.3), French and German (4.4), British (4), Belgian (3.8), Portuguese (3.6) and Austrians with 3.3 kilos of pizza per capita per year.
ANSA Agency.
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