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Hawaiian pizza, Hawaiian pizza contains high amounts of vitamin B6 and vitamin C. This simple pizza has one important ingredient than a regular pizza. It replaces high cholesterol pepperoni with highly nutritious pineapple. Pineapple contains high amounts of antioxidant that can support your immune system. actually originated in Ontario, Canada in the 1960s, when Satellite Restaurant owner and Greek immigrant Sam Panopoulos returned from Detroit having sampled what was then a novelty for Canadians: pizza. At the time, the dough-and-sauce arrangement was considered an “ethnic” food and not widely available in the country. Panopoulos took what he learned from his stateside visit, bought a small oven, and began preparing pies with toppings like mushroom, bacon, and pepperoni. Hawaiian pizza, a polarizing dish that seems to attract as many fans as detractors.

“We just put it on, just for the fun of it, see how it was going to taste,” Panopoulos told the BBC earlier this year. “We were young in the business and we were doing a lot of experiments.”

“You could have only pineapple, you could have bacon and pineapple, you could have mushrooms and pineapple, anything. Just like today, you could have a choice,” he says.

Panopoulos enjoyed a certain amount of media attention over the last few years, but the pizza claim overshadows what may actually be Panopoulos’ most enduring legacy: a passion for introducing diverse flavours to Canadian diners.

In 1962, Panopoulos decided to add another option, offering customers pineapple as a topping. There was no gastronomic science behind it. “We just put it on, just for the fun of it, to see how it was going to taste,” Panopoulos told the BBC in February 2017. A taste test revealed that the sweetness of the pineapple and savory flavor of the added ham made for a nice contrast with the salty, doughy pie. The “Hawaiian” name came from the brand of canned pineapple Panopoulos used.