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Pizza rolls are a frozen food product consisting of bite-sized breaded pizza pockets with an interior of tomato sauce, cheese or cheese analogue,[1] and various pizza toppings. They are sold in a variety of flavors including cheese,[2] pepperoni, sausage, supreme, multiple imitation[3] cheeses, and mixed meats.[4] Other flavors include hamburger, cheeseburger, ham and cheese, and combination (pepperoni and sausage). Pizza snack rolls are designed to be quickly cooked in the oven or microwave. The name "pizza rolls" is a trademark of General Mills, current owner of the original product,[5] currently sold under the Totino's brand.[6]

Similar products are made by other brands and private labels. Since the original name is trademark protected, different names are used[7] such as pizza bites, pizza snacks, or pizza poppers.

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Pizza rolls were created in the mid-1960s in Duluth, Minnesota, United States, by product developer and cook Beatrice Ojakangas.[8][9][10][11] She worked for food industry entrepreneur Jeno Paulucci, who specialized in canned and frozen Chinese food under the Chun King brand and was looking for new uses for his egg roll wrapping machine.[12][8] According to Ojakangas, she started with over 50 filling ideas, including a number of sandwich flavors such as peanut butter and jelly. Several of her pizza-flavored concepts performed well on taste tests.[8] Paulucci stated, "pizza rolls are nothing but egg rolls with pizza crust and filling."[8] For the commercial production, Paulucci adopted a co-extrusion process using a Demaco extruder.[citation needed] Jeno's, Paulucci's frozen pizza brand, began using the Pizza Rolls trademark in 1967.[13]

In 1985, Paulucci sold Jeno's to Pillsbury, which owned Totino's pizza.[14] Jeno's Pizza Rolls were rebranded as Totino's Pizza Rolls in 1993.[15] Pillsbury was sold to General Mills in 2001. After a series of commercial spoofs on Saturday Night Live, Totino's pizza rolls saw a boost in popularity and sales in 2016.[16]

See also

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• Calzone
• Pizza bagel
• Pocket sandwich
• Samosa
• Stromboli
• List of stuffed dishes

References

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1. ^ "Totino's™ Pepperoni Pizza Rolls™ | Pizza Bites | Totino's US". Totinos US. Archived from the original on 2024-01-31. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
2. ^ "Totino's™ Cheese Pizza Rolls™ | Pizza Bites". Totinos US. Archived from the original on 2024-01-31. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
3. ^ "Totino's™ Triple Cheese Pizza Rolls™ | Pizza Bites | Totino's™". Totinos US. Archived from the original on 2024-01-31. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
4. ^ "Totino's Products". Totino's. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
5. ^ Pizza Rolls Archived 2021-05-01 at the Wayback Machine, Justicia, accessed May 1, 2021
6. ^ Johnston, Louis (April 29, 2021). "How Totino's secured Minnesota's slice of the frozen pizza market". Retrieved 31 January 2025.
7. ^ Daniel, B (18 Feb 2022). "Are Pizza Rolls Vegan? Can Vegans Eat Pizza Rolls?". Can Vegans Eat. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
8. ^ a b c d Johnston, Louis D.; Riley, Susan E. (May 19, 2021). "How (American) Chinese cuisine gave birth to the Minnesota-invented pizza roll". MinnPost. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
9. ^ Dean, Lee Svitak (October 9, 2016). "Adventure of a lifetime". Star Tribune. pp. E7. Archived from the original on March 1, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ Possis, Ann (December 5, 2016). Beatrice Ojakangas on her big Finnish family, pizza rolls (Radio broadcast). WTIP. Archived from the original on May 23, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
11. ^ Lovrien, Jimmy (October 7, 2023). "Northlandia: Area inventions include a cow on skates, nipple enhancers and Paulucci's golf glove". Duluth News Tribune. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
12. ^ Shapiro, T. Rees (November 30, 2011). "Jeno Paulucci, food visionary behind the pizza roll, dies at 93". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
13. ^ Jeno's v. Commissioner (U.S. Dist. Ct. Minnesota July 22, 1985), Text.
14. ^ St. Anthony, Neal (March 10, 1986). "Doughboy is king of the freezer". Star Tribune. Minneapolis. Archived from the original on January 31, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
15. ^ "Our History". Totino's. Archived from the original on 10 Mar 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
16. ^ Painter, Kristen Leigh (November 12, 2016). "General Mills has surprise growth star: Totino's frozen pizzas and rolls". Minneapolis Star Tribune. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2019.

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