Dr. Praeger’s Sensible Foods is venturing into the pizza category with the launch of three plant-based protein pizza toppings for foodservice. The Meatless Pepperoni Slices, Meatless Sausage Toppings and Chick’n Strips are vegan, cholesterol-free and kosher certified, and they offer better-for-you alternatives to their meaty counterparts.
While the Meatless Pepperoni Slices boast "43% fewer calories, 81% less fat and 59% less sodium than the average pepperoni," the Meatless Sausage Topping and Chick’n Strips also offer the benefit of more protein.
While there are plenty of plant-based pizzas that can be enjoyed with creative vegetable combinations, these meatless options help to enhance the choices available to consumers who are choosing to explore meatless options for various reasons—especially as interest in plant-based eating rises during Veganuary.
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Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Meatless Protein Pizza Toppings
- The launch of plant-based protein pizza toppings offers a disruptive innovation opportunity for the plant-based food industry.
- Better-for-you Pizza Alternatives
- Creating plant-based pizza toppings with fewer calories, less fat, and less sodium than traditional meaty options offers a disruptive innovation opportunity for the health and wellness industry.
- Rising Interest in Plant-based Eating
- The increasing interest in plant-based eating, particularly during Veganuary, presents a disruptive innovation opportunity for the plant-based food industry.
Where This Applies
- Plant-based Food Industry
- The launch of new meatless pizza toppings presents a disruptive innovation opportunity for the plant-based food industry to expand their product offerings.
- Foodservice Industry
- Introducing plant-based pizza toppings in foodservice settings offers a disruptive innovation opportunity for the industry to cater to the growing demand for meatless options.
- Health and Wellness Industry
- Developing better-for-you alternatives to traditional meaty pizza toppings offers a disruptive innovation opportunity for the health and wellness industry to promote healthier eating habits.
