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Pizza Hut will start selling plant-based meat pizzas

Two pizzas made with Beyond Meat will be available for a limited time.
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The next meat pizza you get from Pizza Hut may not contain meat.

The Plano, Texas-based pizza chain Tuesday said that it is introducing a pair of new pizzas made with Beyond Meat, making it the first national pizza concept to do so.

The company plans to start selling a line of Beyond Pan Pizzas, including the Beyond Italian Sausage Pizza and the Great Beyond Pizza. The pizzas will be available for a limited time.

The Beyond Italian Sausage Pizza is a cheese pizza topped with Beyond Italian Sausage crumbles that feature Italian seasonings and spices such as garlic, onion, paprika and fennel seeds.

The Great Beyond Pizza is a specialty pizza with veggie toppings such as tomatoes, red onions and banana peppers served on the company’s pan pizza crust and paired with Beyond Italian Sausage.

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“I’d challenge anyone to go try the new Beyond Pan Pizza and tell the difference,” David Graves, Pizza Hut’s chief brand officer, said in a statement. “I shared it with friends and family, and they couldn’t.”

Plant-based food offerings have taken center stage again as fast-food brands have largely recovered sales during the pandemic—or grew them as consumers demanded more delivery and takeout.

The Pizza Hut offering represents a significant win for Beyond Meat, which took a hit earlier this week when McDonald’s revealed it is planning to test its own version of plant-based meat offerings next year.

For Pizza Hut, the plant-based test gives the company an early-mover among customers looking for more non-meat options.

The U.S. offering is also part of a broader collaboration between Pizza Hut and Beyond Meat. Pizza Hut customers in the U.K., for instance, will be able to order Beyond Meat pizzas in London as part of a limited-time offering.

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