Field Roast™ Plant-Based Pepperoni is the first pepperoni alternative on the market to be made with pea protein, not soy; it’s crafted with fresh spices including whole pieces of fennel, cracked black pepper, garlic and paprika.
Plant-based at Little Caesars
The addition of Field Roast’s vegan pepperoni isn’t the first time Little Caesars added plant-based meat toppings to its menu. In 2018, the chain began working with Impossible Foods to create a plant-based sausage—a meatless version of the most-ordered topping at the chain—that it put on its menu for a limited time in May 2019. The Impossible Supreme Pizza (which was not vegan-friendly as it was topped with dairy-based cheese) featured the bespoke plant-based sausage and was available for a limited time at select Little Caesars locations in Ft. Meyers, FL, Albuquerque, NM, and Yakima, WA.
The chain has since discontinued the Impossible Sausage Pizza and pivoted to explore other options, such as the vegan pepperoni-topped Planteroni pizza. And while the crust and sauce at Little Caesars is made without animal-derived ingredients, the chain does not currently offer dairy-free cheese to go with its vegan pepperoni. However, that might soon change. “We are committed to innovation and we are always testing new products,” Proctor said. “While we don’t offer plant-based cheese just yet, we are constantly evaluating options.”
Field Roast’s vegan pepperoni
First unveiled in January, Field Roast’s vegan pepperoni is made with pea protein, features fat marbling to mimic its pork-derived counterpart, and is spiced with pieces of fennel, cracked black pepper, garlic, and paprika. The vegan pepperoni became available to foodservice providers in Canada and the United States at the beginning of the year and started shipping to retailers in the second quarter of 2021.
With the addition of Field Roast’s new product to its menu, Little Caesars became the largest national pizza chain to offer the brand’s—or any plant-based pepperoni—so broadly. “This is a huge moment for pizza lovers because for the first time, they have access to a zesty, bold plant-based pepperoni made with pea protein that absolutely delivers on taste,” Dan Curtin, President of Field Roast parent company Greenleaf Foods, said. “We believe every occasion deserves bold, inspired flavors—we’re excited to work with Little Caesars to deliver on that promise.”
Little Caesars is offering Field Roast’s vegan pepperoni at many, but not all, of its more than 4,100 US locations in response to consumer data that shows 69 percent of Americans are interested in ordering plant-based meat. “We anticipate that this product will be wildly successful and we intend to launch it nationally once that is confirmed,” Jill Proctor, Director of Media Relations at Little Caesars, told VegNews.
Before the Little Caesars launch, Canadian chain Pizza Nova was the first to add Field Roast’s Plant-Based Pepperoni to its menu at more than 140 locations across Southern Ontario. There, the chain serves the vegan pepperoni as a topping for pizzas and a filling for panzerottis (similar to calzones), and as part of six new plant-based creations, including new pizzas.
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Little Caesars partnered with Greenleaf Foods Field Roast brand, maker of plant-based meat and cheese products, to launch its Planteroni pizza in five U.S. markets, including Detroit. The plant-based pepperoni will be a topping option for custom pizzas via the chain’s app or website.
Does Little Caesars have a plant based pizza?
DETROIT – Little Caesars, the Detroit-based national pizza chain, introduced a vegetarian-friendly pizza topped with plant-based pepperoni slices. Little Caesars partnered with Greenleaf Foods Field Roast brand, maker of plant-based meat and cheese products, to launch its Planteroni pizza in five U.S. markets, including Detroit.
Does Little Caesars have vegan pepperoni?
Little Caesars is now offering vegan pepperoni made by Field Roast at hundreds of its locations nationwide, making it the largest chain in the country to offer a meatless version of pepperoni. Today, Little Caesars—the third largest pizza chain in the world—is adding vegan pepperoni to the menu of hundreds of its restaurants nationwide.
What is pepperoni made of?
What Is Pepperoni? Pepperoni is a cured style of Salami that is traditionally made from Pork and Beef, but it can be made from 100% of either one or other meats like Turkey or Wild Game. If you are going to slow cure it then using 100% pork is recommended.