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Pizza Inspiration Guide Volume 2
Our Pizza Inspiration Guide Volume 2 has the recipes and insights to help operators make their menus more unique and competitive. Our expert chefs share their takes on what’s hot with consumers, the styles and toppings that are trending and 14 innovative recipes for pizzas, wings and all the things that will help set your menu apart. And make sure you’ve got Volume 1, too.
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Pizza Insights
Pizza Recipes
Recipes Beyond Pizza
Our Chefs Know What’s Hot
These highly skilled, passionate culinary professionals are pushing foodservice forward. They know what’s trending and have six hot takes to share to help inspire your menu.
There is a lot of love for hometown trends and putting your own spin on regional classics can create connections, curiosity and loyalty.
Asian, Middle Eastern and Latin are international flavors customers love, so why not on global pizzas, too?
A simple drizzle of hot honey on your pepperoni pizza, an unexpected protein on your meat-lovers or a seasonal, fresh “homegrown” ingredient can elevate the everyday.
Let culinary creativity shine with a menu that adds on tastes and innovations to create can’t-miss urgency and excitement.
Pizza can turn an entrée for one into a communal, by-the-slice experience. A burger for one becomes a cheeseburger pizza, a bowl of Vietnamese pho makes an un"pho"gettable, shareable pie.
It’s blank and waiting for you to bring it to life—from seasonings and cheeses in the dough to thin, thick or somewhere in between.
Consumers are seeking fun, unexpected flavors and fusion cuisines for a new sensory experience.1
Pizza Toppings & Styles
Wherever you go, there’s pizza—but it’s never the same.
Pizza proteins can be one kind or many, and styles are as unique as their origin. When you bring new toppings and styles to your menu, you take customers on a flavor adventure.
We’re tracking the top styles and toppings for 2025.
Top Styles2
Detroit-Style Pizza:
A square, deep dish pizza that is known for its racing stripes sauce on top, cheese crust crown and light crust.
New York-Style Pizza:
Traditionally a 16"-20" thin crust pie, it’s often sold by the slice. The crust is flexible enough to fold without cracking.
Sicilian-Style Pizza:
Typically, one of the thickest of the pan styles. It normally has a crispy bottom, is ¾ to a full inch in thickness and has a moderately open crumb structure.
Grandma-Style Pizza:
Thinner square pizza with slices of mozzarella and the sauce on top.
Roman-Style Pizza:
Long, thick, puffy rectangular crust that is crispy on the outside, yet bubbly and airy on the inside.
Top Protein Toppings2
- Pepperoni
- Sausage
- Bacon
- Chicken
- Ham
Top Protein Toppings2
- Pepperoni
- Sausage
- Bacon
- Chicken
- Ham
Pizza Loves Company
Customers come for menu items beyond pizza, too. Make sure you have the ones they crave.
2025 Best-Selling Non-Pizza Items2
1. Chicken Wings
2. Salads
3. Calzones
4. Spaghetti and Meatballs
5. Breadsticks, Garlic Knots and Cheesy Bread
Fastest-Growing Wing Flavors
(+% on menus in the last 4 years)3
- Nashville Hot +382%
- Hot Honey +347.7%
- Mango Habanero +253.3%
- Lemon Pepper +245%
- Mild Sauce +243.4%
- Mango +219.1%
- Parmesan Garlic +189.1%
- Korean BBQ +183.8%
- Spicy Garlic +179%
- Habanero Pepper +173.1%
- Nashville Hot +382%
- Hot Honey +347.7%
- Mango Habanero +253.3%
- Lemon Pepper +245%
- Mild Sauce +243.4%
- Mango +219.1%
- Parmesan Garlic +189.1%
- Korean BBQ +183.8%
- Spicy Garlic +179%
- Habanero Pepper +173.1%
Our Chefs Have Been Busy
The Tyson Foods team has created pizza recipes for your menu that offer a twist on traditional recipes as well as more innovative and inspirational tastes.
Exciting Pizza Innovations
Flavor combinations inspired by beloved global and regional menus create a shareable adventure.
The Un"Pho"Gettable Pizza
Vietnamese Pho served on top of golden-crispy pizza crust—hold the broth. Layer seasoned sliced beef, pho cream sauce, mozzarella cheese, pickled Fresno peppers, Thai basil, scallion, cilantro and top with crispy rice noodles.
Featuring Original Philly® Fully Cooked Seasoned Sliced Beef
Steak on pizza growth on menus: +182% over last 12 months, +116% last 4 years4
The Chicago Beef 'n Bear Pizza
Italian beef cream sauce topped with mozzarella cheese, sweet Italian peppers, seasoned sliced beef and Italian-style sausage covered in Italian beef jus with Chicago-style giardiniera, celery poppy seed mix and cracked black pepper.
Featuring Original Philly® Fully Cooked Seasoned Sliced Beef and Hillshire Farm® Old World Specialties® Italian-Style Sausage
This recipe has high specialty appeal with consumers!**
Butter Chicken Pizza
Classic Indian dish meets golden-crispy pizza crust. Indian butter sauce, tandoori marinated chicken, caramelized onions, roasted tomatoes are spread across the crust and topped with hari chutney.
Alabama Gold Rush Pizza
Start with tangy, gold BBQ sauce topped with smoked mozzarella cheese, loads of crispy bacon, corn kernels and fried pickles then drizzled with creamy Alabama-style BBQ sauce and fresh cracked black pepper.
This recipe scored high with consumers for uniqueness!**
Twists on Traditional Pizzas
Customer favorites with a few tasty tweaks to meet today’s flavor trends.
Pepperoni Profusion Pizza
Packed with crispy layers of cupping pepperoni, topped with toasted pepperoni chips then drizzled with a “celeroni” ranch made with pepperoni oil, celery seed and ranch dressing.
Featuring Hillshire Farm® Cupping Pepperoni
Cupping pepperoni has seen +44% growth on menus over last 12 months, +1199% over last 4 years5
Fiery Arrabbiata Sausage and Peppers Pizza
Spicy arrabbiata tomato sauce with red pepper flakes covers a golden crust topped with Italian-style sausage, mozzarella cheese, tri-colored sweet cherry peppers and crispy garlic bits for extra crunch.
Featuring Hillshire Farm® Old World Specialties® Spicy Italian-Style Sausage, Large Chunk
Crispy Buffalo Chicken Bacon Pizza
Spread buffalo cream sauce across a crust and top with cheddar and mozzarella cheeses, mini, crispy breaded chicken bites, bacon, blue cheese crumbles and crunchy pickled celery and carrots.
Featuring Tyson® Mini Chicken Bites and Hillshire Farm® Bakin' Bacon™ Pizza Topping
Buffalo Chicken is on 20% of pizza menus and has grown +9% on menus over last 4 years6
Spicy Vodka Pizza Al Taglio
This rectangular, Roman-style, sheet-pan pizza features spicy vodka sauce, spicy Italian-style sausage, cupping pepperoni and sweety drop peppers on a crispy dough.
This recipe scored high with consumers for uniqueness!**
Al Taglio Growth on menus: +66% over last 4 years7
Proteins Help Drive Revenue
Our proteins have the power to help stretch revenue across your menu. Don’t stop at pizzas—add them as flavor boosters in sandwiches, salads, dips and more.
Applewood Smoked Wings
Bold, savory applewood-smoked wings are deep fried then topped with a drizzle of maple syrup and tossed in your go-to smokehouse maple seasoning. Pair ‘em with fresh-cut carrot and celery sticks with green goddess ranch dressing.
Applewood Smoked Wings are predicted to grow +7.4% on menus in the next 4 years3
Garlic Parmesan Wings
These wings are deep fried then tossed in a grated Parmesan, garlic, oregano and parsley seasoning for a juicy and tender inside and crispy outside that pairs perfectly with a creamy, cool blue cheese dressing.
Garlic Parmesan Wings are up +189.1% on menus in the last 4 years—and are considered one of the fastest growing wing flavors3
Cheeseburger Stuffed Popper Pizza
A golden pizza dough pocket stuffed with savory beef crumbles and cheddar cheese shreds, then filled to the top with fresh lettuce, juicy tomatoes, caramelized onions and tangy dill pickles.
Featuring Hillshire Farm® Beef Topping
This recipe scored 99 out of 100 with consumers!**
Mediterranean Crispy Chicken Salad
Lightly breaded mini chicken bites add crunch to a bed of baby arugula tossed with sweet cherry tomatoes, rich Kalamata olives, cucumber slices, red onion, sliced pepperoncini and crumbled feta cheese drizzled with tangy Greek dressing.
Pepperoni Pimento Cheese Dip
Creamy and indulgent, this spicy pimento-peppered and diced pepperoni dip is filled with cheddar and cream cheeses, mayo, minced jalapeños, chopped Calabrian chilies, onion, garlic and chive. Serve with crispy sea salt crackers and roasted pepperoni slices for dipping.
Featuring Hillshire Farm® Sliced Pepperoni and Cupping Pepperoni
Sicilian Fundido
What’s fundido? Melty, pull-apart, creamy white cheese perfection filled with spicy Italian sausage crumbles. Topped with Calabrian chilies and served with a focaccia bread ripped for dipping.
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Sources
1. Innova Marketing; Global Food Trends 2025; November 2024
2. Pizza Today, 2025 Pizza Trends Report
3. Datassential, Menu Trends, March 2025
4. Datassential, Pho Food Profile, January 2025
5. Datassential, Pepperoni Cups Food Profile, January 2025
6. Datassential, The World of Pizza, March 2024
7. Datassential, Pizza al Taglio Food Profile, January 2025
*Minimally processed, no artificial ingredients
**During March 2025, Tyson Foods tested our Pizza menu concepts included herein through Datassential. By reviewing photographs and descriptions, over 300 consumers benchmarked the Pizza menu concepts against other concepts in their database to produce a composite score based on uniqueness, frequency, draw and value. The ranking is 1-100, the higher the better.
