Editing Pizza cheese (section)

==Production and business==
In the United States, the production and consumption of [[mozzarella]] and pizza cheese steadily increased in the mid-20th century, and this trend has continued into the first decade of the 21st century.<ref name="Kindstedt 2012">{{cite book | last=Kindstedt | first=P. | title=Cheese and Culture: A History of Cheese and its Place in Western Civilization | publisher=Chelsea Green Publishing | year=2012 | isbn=978-1-60358-412-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_HiGGcFomlUC&pg=PA210 | page=210}}</ref> In the U.S., several hundred million pounds of pizza cheese is consumed annually.<ref name="forbes2007"/> In 1997, it was estimated that annual production of the product was 1 million tons (2 billion pounds) in the United States and 100,000 tonnes (98,000 long tons; 110,000 short tons, 220,460,000 pounds) in Europe.<ref name="Fox 2000">{{cite book |title=Fundamentals of Cheese Science |last=Fox |first=Patrick F. |display-authors=etal |year=2000 |publisher=Aspen Pub |isbn=978-0834212602 |page=482 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-oRp5VCVTQQC&q=pizza+cheese&pg=PA482 }}</ref> It has been estimated that 30% of all pizza cheese used in the [[United States]] is mozzarella.<ref name="forbes2007">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/2007/02/20/pizza-shipping-logistics-biz-logistics-cx_rm_0221pizza.html |title=Pizza's Global Footprint |magazine=[[Forbes]] |date=February 20, 2007 |access-date=September 28, 2012}}</ref> As of 2000, demand for the product was growing in Europe by 8 percent per year.<ref name="three"/>

Mass-produced pizza cheese is used by the [[foodservice]] industry, [[quick service restaurant]]s,<ref name="IrishTimes 2014"/> and other industries and businesses. The world's largest manufacturer of pizza cheese, [[Leprino Foods|Leprino Foods Company]], processes 600,000 tonnes (590,000 long tons; 660,000 short tons, 1,322,760,000 pounds) a year.<ref name="three"/> Leprino Foods holds patents for some specialized mozzarella production processes that enable the quick manufacture of the product.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.fortmorgantimes.com/fort-morgan-business/ci_20898781/leprino-foods-big-market-morgan-county-dairies | title=Leprino Foods a big market for Morgan County dairies | publisher=Fort Morgan Times | date=June 20, 2012 | access-date=October 16, 2012 | author=(Staff)}}</ref> One such product is a frozen shredded cheese used for pizza that is created in a few hours from milk.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/print-edition/2012/03/30/denvers-leprino-foods-has-strong-hold.html?page=all | title=Denver's Leprino Foods has strong hold on cheese market | newspaper=Denver Business Journal | date=March 30, 2012 | access-date=October 16, 2012 | author=Wirthman, Lisa}}</ref> Other U.S. companies also mass-produce pizza cheese, which is shipped in a frozen state.<ref name="Mielke 2016">{{cite web | last=Mielke | first=Lee | title=Not a good Groundhog Day for dairy | website=[[Capital Press]] | date=February 2, 2016 | url=http://www.capitalpress.com/Dairy/20160202/not-a-good-groundhog-day-for-dairy | access-date=February 12, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Schuman 2013">{{cite web | last=Schuman | first=Sydney | title=Men arrested with $421,700 of marijuana hidden in pizza cheese | website=[[The Arizona Republic]] | date=September 4, 2013 | url=http://www.azcentral.com/community/swvalley/articles/20130903men-arrested-marijuana-hidden-pizza-cheese.html | access-date=February 12, 2016}}</ref> As of 2000, [[Glanbia]] is the largest producer of pizza cheese in Europe.<ref name="Euromonitor2000"/> Some retail and commercially mass-produced frozen pizzas have cheese stuffed into the pizza crust.<ref name="Kirkova 2016">{{cite news | last=Kirkova | first=Deni | title=Get stuffed crust pizza at Europe's first all-vegan Italian restaurant | website=Metro | date=February 3, 2016 | url=http://metro.co.uk/2016/02/03/get-stuffed-crust-pizza-at-europes-first-all-vegan-italian-restaurant-5659466/ | access-date=February 12, 2016}}</ref><ref name="The Huffington Post 2016">{{cite web | title=Pizza Hut's New Creation Looks Too Gooey-Good To Be True | author=Strutner, Suzy | website=The Huffington Post | date=January 27, 2016 | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pizza-hut-stuffed-crust-garlic-knots_us_56a8c2c3e4b0f6b7d5444b39 | access-date=February 12, 2016}}</ref><ref name="FoodBev 2016">{{cite web | title=Ornua develops new 'low-melt' cheese ropes for pizza crusts | website=Food & Beverage International | date=February 4, 2016 | url=http://www.foodbev.com/news/ornua-develops-new-restricted-melt-cheese-ropes-for-pizza-crusts/ | access-date=February 12, 2016}}</ref>