Not all pizzas are made equally, and a closer look at pizza chains reveals the way they make their pizza doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. After all, these are chain restaurants we're talking about. These are just some of the ways pizza chains try to scam you. For many, the gooey, melted cheese is the best part of a pizza. Without cheese, what is pizza but a lowly flatbread? Sure, some classic Roman pies come sans-cheese, but if you're ordering a hot pie from a major chain in the U.S., that stretchy mozzarella is what we've come to expect. So finding out that sometimes that cheese isn't real cheese feels like nothing short of betrayal. But some chains use cheese products that aren't 100 percent authentic, probably because cheese is expensive — it accounts for almost 40 percent of the total cost of making a pizza. In the U.S., many major chains are using cheese with added preservatives — and maybe even sprayed on colors and flavors. When officers from a trading standards department in the UK tested fast food pizzas for authenticity, they discovered that 19 out of 20 pizzas samples were made with something called "analogue cheese," an imitation cheese that's cheaper and easier to produce than the real thing. A different test found that one in four pizzas was made with a non-dairy product made mostly of fat and oil that was made to look and taste like cheese, but wasn't the real deal. Watch the video to learn about more sneaky ways popular pizza chains are constantly scamming you!
