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pizza consumers. Simple recipes featuring healthier ingredients
are attractive, and the more rustic, the better. The quality of
pizza can also be elevated with artisan ingredients.
Menu Idea: Ardent Mills presented a Farm Stand Pizza built
with Ultragrain Whole Wheat Flour and Red Quinoa, providing
a hearty yet healthy crust with fresh roasted vegetables, goat
cheese, pesto and extra virgin olive oil.
Celebration Pies
Seasonality and food holidays offer more ways to create festive eating occasions like "National Donut Day" or "Fall Harvest
Fest." Themed pizzas can capture some of this celebratory
spirit and serve well as limited-time offers.
Five key trends to watch in pizza

Menu Idea: Mardi Gras Pizza. New Orleans favorites are a big hit

The Ardent Mills culinary team showcased top ﬂour-and-grain

in a new format with Cajun chicken, andouille sausage, Creole

trends at the recent International Pizza Expo 2019, where

sauce, mozzarella, onions, peppers and parsley toppings with

pizza-making experts and enthusiasts from across the restau-

Ardent Mills Kyrol premium high-gluten crust.

rant industry gathered.
Toppings with Texture
Laurie Scanlin, R&D culinary manager with the R&D culinary

Research shows 80% of consumers wish their local pizzerias

team at Ardent Mills, says that consumer preferences are

would offer more premium, innovative toppings. Consider

changing, "and new ﬂour choices, as well as heirloom and an-

adding both visual and crave-worthy ﬂavor appeal with unique

cient grains, are bringing new textures to crust and meeting the

toppings that create texture. Ardent Mills IQF grains as a gre-

growing demand for plant-forward pizza." Ardent Mills served

molata topping allow operators to dial up the "wow factor" by

up a variety of brick-oven style pizzas featuring ancient and

adding meaty texture to a plant-based pizza. Operationally,

heirloom grains. Here are trends to watch:

the IQF format reduces back-of-the house labor and allows for
more consistent cook times.

The Real Deal
Authenticity is increasingly important to pizza eaters; 49% de-

Menu Idea: Mediterranean Pizza. Ardent Mills White Sonora

sire authentic pizza offerings, and it doesn't get more authentic

whole grain ﬂour crust topped with an IQF Barley, Quinoa

than traditional Neapolitan-style pizza. Authentic Neapolitan-

and Spelt gremolata, grilled chicken, roasted peppers, a four-

style pizzas use imported "00" ﬂour from Italy, which is quite

cheese blend, fresh arugula, cracked black pepper and shaved

costly. Ardent Mills' Primo Mulino Neapolitan-Style Pizza Flour

parmesan.

uses wheat grown and milled in North America, providing the
same crispy yet soft and subtle dough as traditional "00" ﬂour

Mini Mania

without the imported cost.

As the snacking category continues to expand, consumers are
looking for bite-sized options to satisfy their snack cravings.

Menu Idea: Authentic Margarita Pizza. A classic Neapolitan-

Operators can leverage in-house ingredients to deliver on this

style crust made with Ardent Mills Primo Mulino Neapolitan-

demand by using existing pizza dough to create pizza bites, a

Style Pizza Flour, topped with San Marzano tomato sauce, fresh

fun appetizer or a bar menu addition.

mozzarella and fresh basil.
Menu idea: Savory Garlic Parmesan or indulgent Cinnamon
Simple Stand-Out Ingredients

Sugar pizza bites both made with Ardent Mills Classic Pizza Mix

Transparency in nutrition is a growing trend that resonates with

are sure to be crowd-pleasers.

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