The History of the Frozen Pizza, the High Point of Processed Food

The frozen pizza, first brought to the world in the 1950s, is the ideal form of sustenance for people who have an oven, a microwave, or an aversion to delivery. (Possibly all three.)

Have you heard the good news? Frozen food is back, baby!

After years on the sidelines, Healthy Choice is seen as a healthy choice again; people looking to put on a home banquet are looking towards Banquet; hungry men are choosing Hungry Man.

The future is frozen, and if you’re not warming up to cold foods, you’re not cool.

Accordingly, I’d like to focus on one specific kind of food put on ice, the frozen pizza, and why it’s become an icon of prepared American food.

Turn on your science ovens and I’ll see you on the other side.

$11.1B

The size of the global frozen pizza market in 2016, according to recent statistics from Allied Market Research. The company’s report suggested that the market would grow to $17.2 billion in size by 2023. The most popular type of frozen pizza, in case you were wondering, is thin crust.