Frozen Pizza MEGA FACTORY: How Automation Produces TONS of Pizzas Daily

Making frozen pizzas for mass distribution involves a series of automated steps: Large mixers combining flour, water, yeast, and other ingredients create a smooth dough in large quantities.
The dough is then automatically divided into portions which are transported on long conveyor belts to sheeting machines, which flatten and shape them into precise, circular bases suitable for various pizza sizes.
Automated sauce applicators evenly spread tomato sauce on the dough, adjusting quantities based on pizza size. Toppings are added through automated systems, ensuring even distribution of cheese, pepperoni, vegetables, and other ingredients.
The pizzas then enter large ovens, operating at precise temperatures, to achieve a crispy crust, melt the cheese, and cook the toppings. After baking, the pizzas cool down on conveyor belts, passing through freezers and inspection stations equipped with cameras and sensors to ensure quality. Packaging stations are also where machines place them in cardboard boxes or plastic wraps, sealing in freshness.
The reported increase in U.S. sales of frozen pizza from approximately 6.06 billion U.S. dollars to 6.77 billion U.S. dollars between 2021 and 2022 underscores the growing popularity and demand for this convenient food option. Several factors could contribute to this upward trend. Firstly, the convenience and ease of preparation associated with frozen pizzas make them an attractive choice for consumers with busy lifestyles, especially amid the ongoing challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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[@nunyabuziness8421]

Now I know why every frozen pizza I've ever bought doesn't have enough sauce

[@vBDKv]

I recently discovered a Swedish brand called "Billy's Pizza". It has loads of sauce, it's right up my alley. I love lots of tomato sauce on my pizza. Cheese is meh, but the sauce and crust is a-ok :)

[@tylermcintyre1454]

Tyler Mac yeah let’s go

[@jamesgarner2103]

or flavor. terrible pizza. friends dont let friends pay lots of money for the worst of the worst.

[@markysf]

@@jamesgarner2103 i make pizza (or calzone) from scratch every week. but there is always a frozen pizza in my freezer. such an easy dinner to make. and since im always making pizza i always have some extra toppings and cheese to throw on. i would say frozen pizza is far from the "worst of the worst".

[@anterpants]

Pretty sure I've been getting them outside edge pizzas.

[@ChrisB_517]

"Toppings are distributed with precision." ::Shows large chunks spewing all over pizzas and the conveyor belt with equal distribution and reckless abandon::

[@Drluvv258]

This made me laugh my ass off

[@puertoriqueno24]

That's what I was thinking!!! 😂😂

[@TieuQuynhGiang]

The precision in topping distribution seems to have gone awry, with chunks carelessly scattered across pizzas and the conveyor belt, lacking any semblance of order.

[@MrBa143]

half the fun of frozen pizzas is re organizing the toppings before putting it in the oven.

[@ledbetter1992]

​@@MrBa143I thought I was the only one who did that lol

[@infaredsinsor1]

As an industrial maintenance worker, all I see is a nightmare of machines when they go down or aren't working right.

[@milfordcivic6755]

I'd hate to be the cleaning staff for these machines

[@Eddi3xBac0n]

i worked at spring water i portland and for two months the arm that can lift three five gallon jugs of water and rack them in front facing crates broke down and we had to lift them all day for ten hours every day. they got lunch everyday but it was a work out all day. like 42.3 pounds and we switched off sitting bottles on the conveyer and a machine sterilized them also every two hours

[@brentsarazin6597]

Just imagine the machine that squirts tomato pizza sauce adding 3 times too much sauce and there is sauce being stuck to everything around that area. 'Clean up 2 tons of pizza sauce in Aisle 10!'...bahahaha

[@tylermcintyre1454]

Tyler Mac yum I want too get it

[@mdarrenu]

I know these kinds of machines are not new, but I still am amazed how they make these contraptions.

[@jpet2126]

All that machinery, amazing robotics and engineering, for crappy frozen pizza.

[@pablomartinez3709]

Hahah facts

[@MrSuperG]

So why is it so expensive for crap

[@sambenavides824]

Because most people live in poverty and decide not to grow their own food or can't.

[@thebesteveralina]

Haha

[@u.b.c.s.336]

Add more sauce and more cheese..

[@Carrollavirus]

I have bought frozen pizzas, and opened them up only to find the toppings are all frozen to one side of the pizza. Now I know why.

[@MrLeroyJacob]

I came here to say this!!!

[@BigReggie]

Shipping causes it and they are partially thawed and refrozen a few times during shipping. But enjoy! lol

[@bukchoiii]

​@@BigReggiesounds like great safe food practice

[@DarthIke77]

Nah, that probably happened during shipping or when you took an hour and a half to get if from the grocery store freezer to your freezer at home and tried to carry 17 bags of groceries in at once when it was already thawed and sitting sideways in one of those bags.

[@alexciocca4451]

Show a video on how they sanitize a place like that

[@nledford2010]

Still probably less germs there then at a pizza place where a guy just took a dump and didn’t was his hands and added a lil chocolate to the pizza. It don’t matter, you cook them at like 450 degrees for 15 min. Nothing is surviving that

[@CuriousEarthMan]

Underneath the pressing plattens (around 2:15) concerns me quite a bit. There's a lot of pressure washing and a lot of foaming with chlorine containing soaps, then a lot of residual sanitizer sprayed (quat ammonia). I too would like to see how they do this plant. .

[@michaelbranscum]

They cant show the children at work.

[@Mrsangelgirlyy]

Am I the only one who grew up watching how it’s made or unwrapped on the food network? Lol I realize now that’s why I love AMSR! 😂

[@timroberts8599]

Go to bed u r tired

[@Mrsangelgirlyy]

@@timroberts8599 🤣

[@tylermcintyre1454]

Tyler Mac we gotta go get everyone in the pizza hurry up

[@annernst6283]

WHAT is AMSR?

[@Mrsangelgirlyy]

@@annernst6283 i guess i was tired 🥱 but I meant ASMR

[@rionesenobi9563]

don't worry guys. the entire machinery is at least operated by an italian operator. so you still get that distinct italian experience in every bite. o_o

[@DarthIke77]

OMG this is how 95 percent of the food you eat is produced. Learn to cook if you don't like it.

[@LegendLength]

You know they're gonna use an Italian sounding brand name too

[@user-ps1co3vv2u]

I like how the uncooked freshly pressed dough falls onto the conveyor furthest away from the camera at 2:15. One second nothing is there, as the dough passes over, you see one fell half into the opening and half on the conveyor.

[@westonhoss]

at 2:39, you can see that one of the pizzas in the back right didn't make it either. Assuming that suction cup is acting up, it's the same one as 2:15. :P

[@shont3286]

I enjoy me a frozen pizza when I don’t feel like getting out. Never pizzeria quality but good enough for me.

[@Hymz-kx2sg]

Tabasco

[@jayz4evr]

It's good to have low standards

[@LegendLength]

I just can't understand why it's so hard to make a reasonable frozen pizza. I'd be happy to pay 100% more but there are no good brands. Same with frozen chips.

[@Mr.Helper.]

I was wondering how they get back all the overflowed toppings efficiently… glad they showed it …. It would have kept me up for a week

[@kathleenwallace8252]

Glad u said that. Still watching and OMG all the wasted dough and toppings

[@LegendLength]

I had some crazy contraptions in my head before they showed the simple drop off

[@trinity2145]

This machine is epic. That’s what I’m impressed with. Whoever invents these. Are amazing. Frozen pizza. It’s okay.

[@nicholasapodaca9886]

I used to deliver to all sorts of food plants and the frozen pizza plant was the best smelling one!

[@MIkeKDBA]

A smaller version of this will be replacing the Dominos and Pizza Huts across California.

[@pasadenacatpink]

No wonder all frozen pizzas doesn’t look picture perfect like you see on the box. They just dump all of the ingredients on the pizza and prepare them to be cooked, wrapped, and packaged.

[@giftedone831]

No duh 😂

[@misternewman1576]

You thought each one is hand tossed by an Italian chef?

[@jimmycakes12]

Did you think every frozen pizza was hand made by artisans

[@pasadenacatpink]

We all go by our expectations when it comes to food that we don’t realize the reality. Our expectations are perfect, but the reality is crap.

[@Hymz-kx2sg]

​@@misternewman1576thats how spoilt some of these people are.

[@ronijarvinen3759]

Impressive machinery. Though, cleaning all this sh*t every night must be a nightmare.

[@nicholasapodaca9886]

They use an industrial caustic/acid wash. They run through hundreds of gallons of concentrated nitric acid daily

[@shaec9397]

Best frozen pizza I’ve had is Frecheta

[@booqueefious2230]

Screamin Sicilian 😋

[@S1lv3rdo7]

2:25 you saw the pizza the machine missed? haha

[@ragnarokncc3137]

The narrator really wants you to know that the process is automated, precise, consistent, and carefully calibrated. Thorough uniformity. Truly superior.

[@davey11ify]

I worked in a pizza factory, the crusts were already made for us. We could buy the extra pizza's for a dollar or two.

[@Rowehouse1819]

You can even take a simple piece of pita bread any flat bread and make one.

[@Azuciea]

I dont know why but every time I see robots working like that it freaks me out..

[@danielhumphrey5231]

Yep, who's monitoring what the robots are doing back in the corner with spare parts?

[@arcticthundermi]

calibrated for the exact amount as it pours off a conveyor bouncing on and off the crust. Theres nothing precise about it LOL

[@craigtheng]

This video's narration really had a Turbo Encabulator vibe to it.

[@Miguel-Arias]

I hate these crappy AI voice overs written by chatgpt

[@eddymiranda5994]

he said, "ensuring each pizza receives the perfect balance of toppings"🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@user-mn3ix9eo8t]

Had to chuckle at the big fat hand just flinging a piece of dough.

[@ScanFan_Ed]

I bet their cost for each pizza is less than a dollar. Probably close to 50-cents.

[@rick3747]

How about *you* risk your money, your time and your business credit to start and run a business, then you can dictate the prices.

[@gigakrait5648]

Well duh! It's called mass production and economies of scale. That's how business works to produce such large quantities so efficiently for low cost. Frozen pizzas at the store usually run about $4-$6.

[@FourthDown]

@@rick3747 its all goyslop anyway

[@ady007pl]

what if i told you your smartphone costs $100 to manufacture

[@Acemechanicalservices]

What’s your point?

[@terryasheim9038]

Those machines are amazing.

[@Greenmile76]

“These machines are calibrated to dispense the precise amount…” proceeds to rain toppings over the entire belt in the most in-exact manner possible.

[@chrism5792]

I have to imagine when something goes wrong it's chaos in the factory. Just replacing a sensor or motor must be difficult at best. Still I have my frozen pizza favorites.

[@GremFarmUS]

I have bought frozen pizzas, and opened them up only to find the toppings are all frozen to one side of the pizza.

[@handymatt1970]

its the dude who tunes all these machines to work in sync is an industrial god

[@JimmyRingz]

6:38 the amount of chicken per pizza is something I'd like to see someday😂 usually there's like 7 tiny nuggets per pie hidden somewhere

[@KhloethisissocoolWatne-he7rk]

Thank you for making all this Pizza for us

[@workstationmark4103]

I would be camping out by the dumpster for 2nds

[@amigaone777]

And now all they seem to be making is thin based not thick based pizzas any more, Bet it's because it's more convenient for them.

[@user-zp1se9du9z]

Very impressive! It's like a pizza orchestra!

[@KhloethisissocoolWatne-he7rk]

All that pizza dough it must be so good I cannot believe That they make this pretty much every single day Have fun guys just to What you know We are all supporting you So have fun

[@jimcameron9848]

And all that equipment doubles as a car wash.

[@breadfan9]

Never seen 2 pizzas packaged together other than personal pans....

[@mbrumm86]

So much effort to make a round pizza…..square takes just as good lol

[@hotdogmanful]

nothing better than watching processed food being made while fasting lmao

[@TerryPounders]

great production line, my favorite cakes, thank you for letting me have this experience

[@blawruk]

I know I'm not the only one to see the dropped crust @ 2:16...

[@johnolesen2359]

Yum!!! Just like grandma used to make!

[@Darth2vids]

How often they clean those conveyor belts covered with food?

[@rogerkleinhans7924]

That place was so clean it must have been first thing in the morning. And they seem to have had the employees hide from the cameras because that equipment needs to be monitored.

[@staticmachine1]

Remember when your grandma said this food was made with love? This is the inverse of her statement

[@Reaper81805]

That one dough bothered me at 2:16 hanging off the edge

[@gobbletegook]

I only recently started eating a few frozen pizzas, and that is because pizzeria pizzas just got to darn expensive to order from or for delivery. Most frozen ones are crap. In reality, I am just eating less and less.

[@alejandromedina7026]

The background music sounds like "Get Shwifty"

[@JamesWest-iu4jx]

Heard the word perfect a lot......but never seen anything near perfection

[@hoosierflatty6435]

Ya this channel is weird and I don't like it. They also said "delicately places the toppings" as a conveyor belt is just straight up dumping it on there.

[@Krysdavar]

and Generously dumps cheese on the pizza. No, half the cheese lands between the pizzas. We always have a bag of moz on hand for when we eat frozen pizza...because there is Never enough cheese on any of them!

[@heidia6270]

Super cool to watch this whole process!

[@MilePost106]

I have tried so many different frozen pizzas they still don’t taste that good.

[@robertmcnearny9222]

I like the Screaming Sicilian. But that is about it

[@Bradleyzimmerman]

Connie’s is the best

[@sandib4234]

Red Baron fully loaded is really good!

[@FermentedGrumpyGrapeSqueezit]

Motor city pizza company is good deep dish style and the cheese actually has taste only place I’ve found them is at Walmart 8 bucks

[@BuhBuhBoomer]

@@FermentedGrumpyGrapeSqueezit Costco has them in 3-packs

[@lizbocuicui6749]

Looks like an amusement park for pizza. 😂

[@ericwilliams2786]

There's never enough cheese on em

[@frontcentermusician]

Amazing how the designers get that down to a perfection. Imagine all the scrapped ideas....

[@booqueefious2230]

Now there are literally vending machines that will prepare, bake, and serve you a pizza right there

[@beerbrasil]

Objetivo fornecer pizza barata para todos e em grande quantidade. Matar a fome de todos forma mais barata. Parabéns

[@lyon9489]

This is pretty satisfying

[@Carnage1975]

If you can find Rustica frozen pizzas Buy it, it's the best sauce and tons of cheese and they have stuffed crust as well, the best I've had in the way of frozen pizzas.

[@krislarsen6546]

Man this factories probably a real pain in the ass to clean.

[@Hymz-kx2sg]

Y do u care

[@RyanC50325]

@@Hymz-kx2sgsame reason you cared enough to reply to their comment. Why did you care? People care about stuff.

[@fruitshishkabob]

@@RyanC50325People do care about stuff

[@benediktmorak4409]

wonder how often this is done. Though i have to admit i never heard of an recall of frozen Pies or any kind of bug that might be associated with them. Also what is not shown or said, what they are doing with the cut outs and offcuts or dough rounds that are being rejected. Throw them back into the mixing bowl or kneading machine? Same with the cheese, sauce or toppings. And have you ever seen what kind of -Salami - they are using for those toppings? Or how they are being sliced? One thing though is for sure. When doing Pizza at home, no round one, but a big square baking try. And no - original thin crust -. But thick crust dough... And that frozen - Ma this one - and - stone oven baked - and - Ma that one -, never made it into our shopping trolley. Maybe it does help though, that i am a Chef. And know what gunk out there is being produced.

[@MrSuperG]

Why is so expensive for crap

[@Felamine]

Seems like a better process than whatever made the last frozen pizza I bought a few months ago. Its toppings were completely off center. Like an entire half of the crust was exposed and had no cheese or sauce on it. It was one of the more expensive brands in the supermarket, too. Lesson learned I suppose. Never overpay for frozen pizza. Just get a cheap one.

[@brianstratton8767]

The conveyor salesman drove off in a Maserati..

[@Justin-uc8sc]

Yeah, just like the water-in-a-contained-bottle salesman drove off 🙄

[@pblacklock]

What happens to all the ingredients that don’t make it onto the pizza and simply fall off the belt at some point? All the ingredients are mixed so it’s not that they can capture unused toppings for reuse. At least not in the machinery. Scary!

[@TheFlyingZulu]

8:01 You gatta wonder what's the most amount of times a single piece of cheese or other such topping has gone through the process of "being put on the pizza". Hahaha.

[@kevinmorris2440]

such impressive high tech wizardry, unfortunately I've never had a frozen pizza that was even close to as good as the absolutely worse pizzeria

[@danbanks7930]

Just need one of those and a 6 pak... put on a movie😊

[@zev007]

"Distributed with precision" >Shows toppings flying all over the place, missing the pizza. Sure, man.

[@libertyone5853]

How many workers did you see in this video, I'm sure there were SOME not shown. Labor costs are one of the BIGGEST cost factors. Yet, look what you pay for basically frozen cardboard.

[@Railien24]

That is so many machines and conveyor belts, omg..

[@theschiznit8777]

Seeing all the dead spots on the machines makes me understand where listeria comes from.

[@sasagardenideas]

The pizza I learned to make looked delicious and valuable

[@oACE20o]

I always find myself adding extra cheese and peperoni but some frozen pizza is better then others and sometimes my extra toppings don't help.

[@Kbcosp420f]

Make your own pizza. Its cheaper and tastes way better. Plus, its not difficult. Anyone can do it! 😊

[@dazecm]

Agreed. I'm terrible making the base but there are plenty of places to buy ready-made dough onto which you can put your own fresh ingredients. It really takes no time at all to buy fresh ingredients and cut & slice them yourself.

[@kawkawmccarvs7802]

Way better but not cheaper at all.

[@datastorage-tz8wd]

@@kawkawmccarvs7802 ofc not cheaper than frozen pizza, but its way cheaper than take out. 12-18 euros in germany with delivery. yeast, flour and pizza sauce are cheap, only the mozarella costs if you make your own

[@iCommando9800]

I can't do it ty

[@stevepackard8542]

The cost of a real pizza at Papa Johns and Pizza Hut is getting expensive. A frozen Pizza isn't bad and cost about $5

[@The_El_Guapo]

So is the cost of a "quality" frozen pizza, around $7-$8. Yes, if you want a specialty pizza at a pizza place, those are out of control expensive at almost $30. But majority of large pizza chains have specials for a 1 topping large for $8-$9.99. Imo, it just doesn't make sense to buy a frozen pizza unless it's a tiny $1.99 totino's for a snack.

[@perfectomprg]

Drinking game: take a shot every time he says ‘balls’

[@HKim0072]

The sad part is pre-internet we had a lot more time to cook stuff at home, but we didn't know how to do it easily. Making homemade pizza is pretty easy, but now we have less time.

[@cybermachines]

How to make tons of pizza automatically is fun. First time I've seen it

[@Justin-uc8sc]

Thanks brother glad you enjoyed it. I made this video just for you.

[@PeteThePancake-bh5ks]

Is this plant located in Turkey? (Dikkat warning label)

[@SD-ie2lx]

What brand are these machines ?

[@vasiovasio]

3:43 This fluffy part is problematic! 😂😂😂

[@richardherndon451]

If that's what they call a generous amount of cheese I would hate to see average or stingy.

[@darkholyPL]

2:17 Might wanna calibrate your robots, that one missed a spot lol

[@erikjeanes8359]

Saw that too lol

[@newporg6887]

...as a millwright, I would never wanna work on that equipment, being covered in dough all day, no thanks.

[@f15stroke]

I've never heard so many adjectives in my life.

[@lalolac589]

My question is, who made those pizza making machines

[@chrisphallheatlover9848]

I find this fascinating.

[@oddities-whatnot]

Toppings going everywhere

[@TrTriTrippin]

These would be great if we could get em freshly packaged lmfao.

[@X-GamerPro-HD]

I like the ones where they’re not all in one corner or all in the middle.

[@CatsMeowPaw]

I want to see how all these machines are cleaned every day

[@tazkrebbeks3391]

I look at this say to myself...self, I wonder how long did it take think up, research , design and build. Test redesign, build...ect.🤔

[@dazecm]

Incredible efficiency at the cost of quality sadly. Processes like this are great for shareholder dividend profits but totally anti-customer. If I do buy a boxed pizza it will usually be one of those in a box that has a transparent window where you can see the amount and quality of toppings. Opaque-boxed pizzas will always result in you getting home, opening it up and being totally dissapointed.

[@tellhowwackareyou]

glad i stopped eating frozen pizza two years ago. homemade or i don't want it

[@thebrownlizard3988]

one question hoooooooooooooow to keep all this mchines clean? how often are they cleaned and how!!!!!!

[@DJNC.]

Aaah... happy to see the real italian traditional way to make pizza

[@dariansmith337]

Are most brand of frozen pizza coming from the same factory

[@StitchJones]

Incredible video. So cool.

[@Bedazzler777]

Walgreens Thin Crust Roasted Veggie Pizza is delicious., it would be great to know its not touched by hands.

[@bowlinglefty]

My favorite brand of frozen pizzas is DiGiornos but they are far from uniform. They are always out of round and I frequently have to redistribute ingredients around the pizza before baking to try to get every piece more uniform. I've seen this with other brands as well. My guess is they keep increasing the speed of the production lines sacrificing quality and appearance. That and it seems that the cardboard trays that used to come with the pizzas are no more. Now you have to cut up the box and use it to serve the pizza.

[@GODISALIVE..]

Or just keep it on the pan...