Trader Joe’s Just Launched a Vegan Meat-Lover’s Pizza and It’s Only $6 Bucks

Grocery chain Dealer Joe’s simply launched a vegan meat lover’s pizza made with three totally different plant-based meats. The brand new Vegan Meatless Meat Eater’s Pizza is topped with vegan mozzarella shreds, together with plant-based pepperoni, Italian sausage crumbles, and chorizo sausage crumbles. The meaty vegan pizza is priced at $5.99 and made to offer three servings.

Many of the pizza’s particular person elements will be discovered at Dealer Joe’s. Final summer time, the chain launched its personal line of vegan cheeses made with a cashew base in two flavors: Cheddar Fashion Slices and Mozzarella Fashion Shreds, all priced at $3.99 per 7-ounce package deal. As for the meat elements, vegan chorizo and plant-based Italian sausage have been longtime staples stocked within the refrigerated part at Dealer Joe’s. Nonetheless, the pizza’s vegan pepperoni topping is the primary time the meatless meat has made an look at Dealer Joe’s.

New vegan finds at Dealer Joe’s

Initially of 2021, Dealer Joe’s executives revealed throughout an episode of its “Inside Dealer Joe’s” podcast that the grocery chain was working to extend its vegan choices in each class from frozen to snacks to heat-and-eat. This 12 months alone, Trader Joe’s has already launched a big selection of vegan merchandise. Within the dips and condiments class, Dealer Joe’s now affords Caramelized Onion Dip and Tzatziki. Within the ready meals class, Dealer Joe’s went exhausting on vegan bolognese and now affords the Italian-inspired dish in each sauce and frozen meal codecs—each full with plant-based meat crumbles. Dealer Joe’s additionally bulked up its toss-and-serve salads with vegan varieties that function creamy dairy-free ranch dressing and expanded its heat-and-eat meals with a Vegan Enchilada Casserole—a layered meal that options corn tortillas smothered in purple chile sauce, seasoned pinto beans, roasted greens, and topped with a mixture of vegan mozzarella and cheddar cheese shreds. The snack aisle additionally received a vegan enhance this 12 months with Spicy Porkless Plant-Based mostly Snack Rinds (aka vegan pork rinds).

And Dealer Joe’s didn’t neglect about vegan desserts. After bringing again the favored soy-based Cherry Chocolate Chip ice cream in 2019, the chain has actually leaned into new vegan ice cream prospects, together with the Chilly Brew Espresso and Boba Coconut Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert made with a coconut milk base and dotted with frozen boba; two flavors of bon bons (Non-Dairy Mint & Chip and Cookies & Creme); and Chocolate Fudge Oat Bars (a vegan fudgesicle made with oat milk). The shop’s latest frozen deal with is a vegan model of it’s Maintain the Cone! mini ice cream cones. The (appropriately named) Hold The Dairy! cones function a waffle cone coated with chocolate on the within filled with chocolate-drizzled, chocolate-flavored ice cream.

Whereas Dealer Joe’s affords quite a lot of plant-based options to animal merchandise, together with its each beef and turkey flavors of plant-based burger patties and its personal vegan cheese line, it’s sorely missing within the vegan seafood division. Amy Gaston-Morales, Class Supervisor of Deli, Frozen Meat, Seafood, Meatless, and Recent Beverage at Dealer Joe’s, is taking a look at objects comparable to vegan tuna, crab desserts, and scallops to fill the void.