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Pizza is flour, tomatoes, yeast, salt and cheese with a splash of oil. Cheese is heavily subsidized by the us govt so the only expensive piece is tomatoes. It's
by crowbahr 2y ago
Pizza is flour, tomatoes, yeast, salt and cheese with a splash of oil. Cheese is heavily subsidized by the us govt so the only expensive piece is tomatoes. It's made on an assembly line and shipped out as frozen slabs or as constituent ingredients that are then baked on demand.
- johnisgood 2y agoDamn, tomatoes are expensive over there? Yeah, the differences are really huge.
- nemo44x 2y agoNo they’re cheap. But compared to the other ingredients which are mainly subsidized…
- ac29 2y agoNah, even at retail prices canned tomatoes are less than a dollar a pound if you buy the big cans (#10, approx 6 lb / 3kg).
- s1artibartfast 2y agoStill more than flour and water,no?
- rcxdude 2y agoThe US has a lot of 'food deserts', areas where there's no easy access to a supermarket with fresh food. But there's usually plenty of fast and processed food available, and it's often cheaper than fresh.
- phil21 2y agoFresh tomatoes worth eating raw are relatively expensive. Tomatoes (cans or buckets of sauce) used for frozen pizza are very cheap in bulk food service level packaging.
- protonbob 2y agotbh canned tomatoes actually taste better because they aren't raising them for appearance like the horrible ones at the grocery store.
- johnisgood 2y agoFresh tomatoes are cheap here, although I have to admit their taste has deteriorated over time. The canned ones are better to use as an ingredient due to this reason.