Totino's pizza rolls are a popular snack for children. These treats consist of a "crust" pocket and are filled with cheese (both real and imitation), sauce, and bits of either pepperoni, sausage, supreme, or 3 cheese. When cooked in a microwave pizza rolls can be ready in minutes. Although pizza rolls are convenient and well loved by kids they are not all that good for you.
The Totino's company often gets criticized for making food products which contain high amount of trans fat, such as pizza rolls. This past November the company was hit by an E. coli scare and needed to recall millions of boxes of frozen pepperoni pizzas. I have tried pizza rolls a few times before and think they are ok, however after looking at the nutritional information and reading about the E. coli recall I do not think I will be eating them again anytime soon.
Side note about the founder of Totino's: Rose Totino
Using her car as collateral, Totino secured a $1,500 loan to launch a pizza take-out restaurant in Minnesota. Since pizza was so new, Totino also had to bring samples of her product to the loan committee to secure the initial financing. After the success of her take-out business, Totino launched a frozen pizza business in 1962 just as frozen foods were gaining national prominence. Totino's business grew rapidly, and she sold it to Pillsbury in 1975 for $22 million. Totino was named the first female vice president at Pillsbury, and she was the first woman inducted in the Frozen Food Hall of Fame.
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