Is cheese a pizza topping?

[LhommeBaguette]

Depends really. By the definition I go by, it's a topping if you have to ask for it. By that logic, cheese is NOT a topping on an American pizza (on which it comes standard), but it IS a topping on an Italian pizza (which were classically served with only tomato sauce, and no cheese). So it depends where you order it from.

 

[Bladed]

Yes it is a topping. You can have pizza made without cheese. Would not recommend it, but it is possible.

 

[Mr. Boe Jangles]

Cheese isn't a topping, it's a requisite. It is one of the three required ingredients for it to qualify as a pizza.

So BBQ Chicken pizza without cheese would not be a pizza at all?

I agree that cheese is in the major makeup of a "pizza" and that adding more of it (ex. extra cheese) would be no different than saying extra sauce. Sauce is most definitely not a pizza topping, even though it technically goes on top of the previous layer.

Changing the debate entirely is the mozzarella slices that are sometimes added on top of a pizza. I really do think that those are in deed toppings, but that's just me.