Vegans and dairy-free diets are some of the hardest ones to adhere to, especially on Friday night when all your friends suggest pitching in for ordering a pizza. Since one of the central ingredients for pizza, outside of the dough, is the cheese, it often presents an uncomfortable moment when you want to be part of a social get together but your dietary preferences or requirements prevent you from taking part. Pizza Pizza Canada has taken a cue from the increasing demand for offering more diet friendly options for their pies and is introducing dairy-free, vegan-friendly cheese to their menu. What’s even better? This cheese won’t be coming at an additional cost, as a lot of dairy-free, vegan options usually do.
You can check out all of the topping options at Pizza Pizza by heading to their nutrition section where they break down each topping’s ingredient and possibility for cross-contamination.
The cheese that Pizza Pizza will be offering is from Violife, which is a North American owned company co-owned by the NBA champion John Salley. Salley has been an advocate for a vegan lifestyle and sustainable eating for some time. And so when he met the owner of Pizza Pizza, Pat Finelli, at last year’s NBA All-Star’s Weekend it was only natural that the two begin cooking up a business deal that would cater to the Canadian vegan pizza community.
You can learn more about Pizza Pizza’s menu and ingredients here.
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Yayyyyy!!!! THANK YOU FOR POSTING!!! This is great news for the growing vegan/vegetarian community. Especially at no extra charge. Will be trying ASAP.
You’re welcome Ashley! Bon appétit 🙂
Great news for those of us who are lactose intolerant. Usually I take Lactaid tablets to deal with dairy, but for some reason I still get very sick from pizza – and WOW do I ever miss it! We don’t have Pizza Pizza, but do have Pizza 73 (same company), so I hope they will also do this.
Natalka, I hope they get it soon so you can enjoy some delicious pizza! 🙂
I tried this just after it came out. We went vegan January 1. 2 thumbs up!
Glad to hear that it tastes good!
What the heck is “natural vegan flavour”? Anyone know?
Can someone please explain why this article references “Pizza Pizza Canada”? Are you telling us that there’s a “Pizza Pizza USA”?