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Pizza Hut Goes Back to the Beyond With Vegan Pepperoni

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  • Pizza Hut says Beyond Meat’s vegan pepperoni toppingĀ is “crisped and seasoned to savory perfection.”

  • Pizza Hut first tried vegan meat toppings in November when it introduced the Beyond Sausage special.

Related: Make your pizzeria more vegan-friendly with plant-based meats

Pizza Hut has begun offering Beyond Meat’s vegan pepperoni as a limited-time topping in select locations, following up on its previous LTO featuring Beyond Italian Sausage last year.

According to a press release, the new Beyond Pepperoni Pizza will be offered at nearly 70 Pizza Hut stores, including Albany, New York; Columbus and Macon, Georgia; Houston, Texas; and Jacksonville, Florida.

According to a press release, the plant-based pepperoni, which is made of peas and rice, is ā€œcrisped and seasoned to savory perfectionā€ and ā€œdelivers just the right amount of subtle heat [with] the same experience and taste of Pizza Hut’s classic pepperoni.ā€

ā€œWith this new plant-based option, we’re giving customers more choices and more reasons to love Pizza Hut,ā€ said Georgeanne Erickson, Pizza Hut’s chief brand officer.

In November, Pizza Hut introduced its Beyond Sausage Pizza and the Great Beyond Pizza for a limited time nationwide.

ā€œWe know there is strong consumer demand for pepperoni, and we’re thrilled to unveil a game-changing plant-based pepperoni topping as the next chapter in our innovation-focused partnership with Pizza Hut,ā€ said Dariush Ajami, Beyond Meat’s chief innovation officer.