Fun Facts about Fun Snacks!

• Where did the name Pizzettos® come from?
  When Pizzettos® were first developed they were called Pizza Poppers, but because there were so many other products with "popper" in the name, the inventors decided to change the name. The Italian word pezzet means "a little bit of". So we changed the "e" to an "i" and added a "tos" to come up with Pizzettos® which stands for "a little bit of pizza."
  
  
• What is the little "®" for in "Pizzettos®"?
  The "®" stands for "registered trademark", and this means that the name "Pizzettos®" is a registered trademark that can only be used by its owners, Xengaru Fun Foods, and no-one else can call their product "Pizzettos®".
  
  
• Why does Pizzettos® taste so much like Pizza?
  Pizzettos® are made from real pizza dough, so they are little pieces of real baked pizza dough.
  
  
• What was that NASA contest all about?
  NASA is planning to have a BIO-Plex (Biogenerative Planetary Life Support Systems Test Complex) on the Moon and Mars within the next twenty years. Pizzettos® won the 2003 NASA FTCSC (Food Technology Commercial Science Center) Product Development contest because it met all of the following 10 requirements that a food must met to be on the BIO-Plex:
  1. Must be made from products grown on the BIO-Plex
  2. Needs only processing equipment that is available on the BIO-Plex
  3. Astronauts and earth consumers must like it
  4. Needs to add variety to space menu
  5. Fits meal plan for USRDA of men and women over 40 years-of-age
  6. Must be convenient and require little time to prepare
  7. Must use minimal water
  8. Must generate minimal waste
  9. Must yield no crumbs
  10. Must be consumed on earth and in space