But the Hawaiian pizza, topped with ham and pineapple, was not an Italian invention. And despite the name, according to a popular story, it might not have come from the US island state of Hawaii ...

While some Pepsi products have been massive fails ... The pepperoni and pineapple do well to imitate the flavors of a Hawaiian pizza. Both combos have pork and pineapple front and center.

Often at the same time. Panopoulos is the Canadian man who invented Hawaiian pizza, a dish so divisive it led to a presidential outburst this year. He passed away in hospital suddenly on Thursday.