Pizza Hut To Offer Healthier Pizza
by Kristin Underwood, Sacramento, CA 
on 08. 5.08
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Beginning in Tampa, FL and Dallas, TX Pizza Hut chains, the popular pie company will soon offer a pizza made with a multigrain crust, organic tomato sauce and preservative-free toppings.
While this is not the Jared-diet, the pizza--dubbed "The Natural"--does allow customers to blend healthier options into their pizza. The crust is made from a blend of honey, olive oil and five different whole grains. The sauce blends organic tomatoes and natural (made without preservatives, artificial colors or flavors) cheese. The pizza comes in two versions - The Natural and the Natural Rustica, which contains sausage, tomatoes and red peppers.
The Natural pizza will also be packed in a box made from 75% recycled materials. No word on whether all pizzas will be using this better packaging or just The Natural. The pizza will be available nationwide later this year.
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I wonder why they chose those 2 locations as the first to roll out the Natural.
Not a huge Pizza Hut fan but I am impressed by the effort. Hopefully it will be competitively priced.
Sounds tasty, I might give Pizza Hut a try again after perhaps more than 8 years of not eating their food stuffs.
Although the local pizza place still makes a better pie!!!
BUT, will it have less salt?? I've found Pizza Hut pizzas to be terribly salty. If they don't cut out some of the sodium, what good are the other so-called healthy ingredients.
This is good, but I wonder if it's too soon for a fast food company to try.
I'd rather see a slow effort to shift the entire product line in a few years, than a 'specialty' product that relegates organic to a niche market.
Like Aaron, I'll keep on supporting my local pizzerias instead.
I love Pizza Hut and eat there all the time. The new pizza sounds great, I look forward to trying it.