Di Fara Pizza 150 pies a day. DeMarco uses imported ingredients – flour, extra-virgin olive oil, San Marzano tomatoes, buffalo mozzarella cheese from Casapulla, freshly grated grana padano (a slightly salty hard cow's milk cheese), three types of mozzarella cheese, and hand-grated Parmigiano Reggiano cheese are all from Italy, and the basil and oregano are from Israel. In a windowsill flower box, he grows thyme, oregano, basil, rosemary, and hot peppers. He cuts fresh basil over each pie with a pair of kitchen scissors. The pizzas bake for a few minutes at about . In July 2009, Di Fara raised its price for
Pumpkin Spice Latte "pumpkin pie flavored syrup" made with sugar, condensed skim milk, pumpkin puree, coloring and preservative. In 2014, Vani Hari, the controversial pseudoscience blogger better known as "Food Babe", voiced concerns about the ingredients used in Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Latte. Hari's widely shared article "You'll Never Guess What's in a Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte (Hint: You Won't Be Happy)" focused on the use of Class IV caramel coloring (E 150d), which contains low levels of 4-MEI, a potential carcinogen. Caramel coloring is generally recognized as safe by the Food and Drug Administration; human exposure to 4-MEI at normal levels is considered