Banza, the rapidly growing maker of chickpea-based comfort foods, today announced two new varieties of its chickpea pizza. The new pizzas include Supreme, a spin on a traditional sausage pizza featuring Beyond Sausage® Italian Crumbles, and Plant-Based Cheese, a vegan pie made with Follow Your Heart® dairy-free cheese.
While both pizzas feature plant-based options, only the Plant-Based Cheese pizza is vegan. An entirely vegan pie, layered with a San Marzano tomato sauce infused with caramelized onion and roasted garlic and topped with a melty, creamy plant-based mozzarella from Follow Your Heart, Banza’s Plant-Based Cheese pizza offer pizza lovers an option with more protein and fiber, fewer net carbs and sodium than other traditional and better-for-you pizza crusts, and the same crispy crust and doughy center people crave in a slice.
“Chickpeas, and more broadly beans, are one of the best foods for human health and the environment,” said Brian Rudolph, CEO & Co-Founder, Banza. “Since launching our crust, we’ve hoped to create a vegan cheese pizza. Consumer research echoed that sentiment, along with an interest in supreme. While we aren’t comfortable using meat, we’re filling the void using a plant-based option. We created these two new varieties to give people another way to enjoy their favorite foods, all while eating more chickpeas.”
The new pizza offerings are catering to the growing number of consumers in the U.S. looking for plant-based options as more and more people seek dietary choices that make them feel good while aligning with their social values. Chickpeas are frequently consumed in plant-based diets due to their high protein and fiber content and low carbon footprint. With the new Banza Supreme and Banza Plant-Based Cheese Pizzas, Banza is teaming up with Beyond Meat and Follow Your Heart to bring the joy of eating pizza to the growing number of people who are craving more diverse, plant-based options.
“We are thrilled to add Follow Your Heart vegan, plant-based mozzarella cheese to Banza’s pizza crust which uses whole, plant-based ingredients like chickpeas,” said Bob Goldberg, CEO, Follow Your Heart. “We know consumers love using Follow Your Heart cheese when making their plant-based pizza creations at home, and this partnership makes it easier and more accessible than ever to enjoy delicious, plant-based foods.”
Banza’s Supreme and Plant-Based Cheese Pizzas will begin rolling out in national retailers and e-commerce platforms including Kroger, Market Basket, Thrive Market, FreshDirect, Amazon and EatBanza.com today. For more information on Banza and for Banza’s store locator, visit eatbanza.com.
