2. Say hello to a new pizza sauce
Gone are the days when traditional tomato sauce dominated pizza menus. Many operators who serve pizza are opting to expand their sauce selection, and barbecue is one of the hottest new sauces around.
In-Sight’s Beyond the Plate reported that replacing tomato sauce with barbecue sauce on Hawaiian pizza is the fastest-rising barbecue sauce trend on pizza. Salty ham, sugary-sweet pineapple and smoky sauce are a match made in heaven, it seems.