During the Covid-19 pandemic, takeaway food boomed. MoneyBeach, a British company specializing in insurance, has drawn up a world map using Google search data after selecting 100 popular take-away foods and associating “take away” wording to the search string. The winning dish could only be pizza, one of the Italian culinary prides.
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Loved by everyone also for its versatility and the countless variety of tastes, pizza was placed first in 44 countries including India, South Korea, Peru, France and obviously Italy. Chinese food comes in second place, surpassing pizza in 29 countries including UK and USA. Sushi comes in third place, but it is the most sought after take away food in 10 countries including Sweden and Japan.
THE GLOBAL SUCCESS OF ITALY’S PIZZA
In Europe, pizza triumphs all over the continent, even if Russians search more for kebabs, the Dutch for Indian food, the Turks for pasta, and the Danes for tapas. In second place there is sushi, which comes first in 5 countries (Romania, Ukraine, Sweden, Portugal and Azerbaijan), and in third place Chinese food which wins in the UK, Greece, and the Czech Republic.
In the USA, despite Chicago and New York-style pizza, the most searched food on Google is the Chinese one. This is true also in Mexico, home of tapas, while fish and chips comes in first place in Canada, Saint Lucia, and Grenada. Pizza comes first in many Central American and Caribbean states including El Salvador and Barbados as well as in Argentina and Peru.
If Asian food is beloved around the world, it’s no wonder it’s also popular in its continent of origin. However, the search for the Italian culinary symbol in India involves over 17% of the world’s population, and this Italian staple is very popular also in Indonesia, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia. In Africa, some Mediterranean countries such as Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco like pizza the most.