Why does pizza have pools of grease on top?

Question

Why is our restaurant-bought pizza often SATURATED with nasty, orange-colored grease? Sometimes, there are literally pools of it on top of the cheese. Ick.

I soak it up with a napkin because it's disgusting, but where does it all come from... could it be the cheese??? We don't get anything else on our pizza but a little pepperoni.

Answer 1

it is the fat content of the ingredients particularly cheese, bacon, pepperoni and others. i suggest, if you're a pizza lover like i do, better wipe the excess fat with clean tissue paper.

Answer 2

it is the cheese if it is mostly oil much like margarine or other milk non dairy is that is what is pooling not grease (though there will be some from the meats) you can try this at home get some good 100% cheese cut a small cube and get some cheap cheese melt both in a microwave slowely the cheap cheese will have oil on top the good cheese will have little or none depending on it's milk content. and the more milk cheese will have a burned smell to it the cheap cheese won't have

Answer 3

cheese and pepperoni produces the grease on top of your pizza. The best way to avoid most of it is to buy frozen pizza, or try different pizza places until you find one that isn't so greasy.

Answer 4

when cheese is cold, you don't realize how much fat is in it because it's hard but when it cooks all the fat turns to liquid and rises to the top.
pepperoni is also INCREDIBLY fatty but doesn't look as greasy when it's cold.
i've seen pepperoni just sizzle and turn into a little bowl of grease, like a grease shot. it's nasty. but it tastes sooo goood

Answer 5

Well

Today I just got pepperoni on my sub sandwich from subway and I got my sandwich heated-- I think its the heat which causes grease. For example: When you cook bacon - from being heated- you see tons of grease remaining. I think that's the best possible answer. Let me know if you think of anything better! I'd always want to know, too, why this is. :)

Michelle

Answer 6

I reheat mine in the microwave each and each and every of the time. i am going to point no longer reheating on severe besides the undeniable fact that- i take advantage of potential 7 (mine is a million-10, if yours is 0-one hundred for sure use 70) and warm temperature it for 40 5 seconds first, then if that is chilly I do 10 second increments.

Answer 7

Yes it's the cheese

Answer 8

I'm not really sure where exactly it comes from. I just know that the good pizza doesn't have it. Avoid Pizza Hut pizza. They're the worst. Blech.

Answer 9

Usually they use bad, wrong, and cheap cheese. Consider private restaurants (mama & papa stores) - they usually use good cheese, has better quality and good deals.

Answer 10

Show me the cheese, that's exactly where it is coming from.