The dairy checkoff partner increased the amount of cheese by 25% through a project with Dairy Management Inc.
Pizza Hut, a dairy checkoff partner, increased the amount of cheese on its pan pizzas by 25%, a move that will require an additional 150 million pounds of milk annually to meet the change. The project was made possible thanks to dairy scientist Nitin Joshi, a Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) employee who works on-site at Pizza Hut’s headquarters in Plano, Texas. Pan pizza is the chain’s signature product offering, DMI said, and the new formulations are now available at more than 6,000 restaurants nationwide.
“Pizza Hut is known for its craveable, iconic pizzas, and its leadership believes that more cheese in more places is a way to make their pizzas even more delicious,” Joshi said. “This obviously is great news for our dairy farmers, as more Pizza Hut consumers will get to enjoy more of the wholesome products that are made possible because of the hard work our farmers do each day on their farms.”