From date night to family fun, pizza is one of the most popular dine in or take out foods in the U.S. And what’s not to love about a good pizza? And while most pizza lovers have a special favorite like a thin crust plain cheese or a cheesy stuffed spinach and mushroom. Like all foods, pizza has trends too and this year’s Pizza Expo highlighted these five trends for fall 2021. Get your pizza pans ready!
1. Plant-based Pizza Toppings – with plant based proteins gaining traction nearly everywhere else, it’s about time they made it onto pizza. These plant based sausage and pepperoni options are available and they feature a bold flavor profile that’s very popular.
2. Seeded Crusts – For many pizza eaters, if they don’t love the crust, they won’t like the pizza. This new trend for seeded pizza ranges from adding sesame seeds to your pizza for a subtle twist to taking things up a notch with some Everything Seasoning. Just don’t let it overpower your other flavors.
3. Infused Fresh Cream – Adding infused fresh cream to the pizza will complement the flavor of fresh tomatoes and deliver a different flavor profile altogether. And infusion is subtle giving this a wide latitude for flavor choices.
4. Cacio e Pepe – this simple pasta flavor has been transitioned to pizza. Roughly translated, Cacio e Pepe, is cheese and pepper. While the ingredients are basic, with a delicious crust, Cacio e Pepe pizza is a delicious showcase of how flavorful cheese can be.
5. Hot Honey – bar-b-que chicken, ranch flavor and more in the trend category have come and went, while some have stayed, the hot honey trend has staying power. Add a light drizzle to a simple margherita pizza and you have a menu item you won’t want to retire from your menu.
The great thing about all of these trends is that any pizza restaurant can implement one or all of these trends and deliver the latest in pizza to their customers. They can also bring any of these trends into their menu for both dine-in or carryout pizza. Keeping up with the trends, it’s important to remember that delivery is popular and looks it will continue to rise in customer demand. Be sure to have the right insulated delivery bag for pizza delivery to ensure your product is as good as it was when it came out fresh from the oven. The MyGo Container™ MyGo-1006 is also made to carry around a single slice.
