Although vegan items are becoming more and more prevalent in certain health-conscious areas of the country, you’re still pretty hard-pressed to find vegan-friendly menus at restaurants today – especially at chain restaurants, and especially at pizza chain restaurants. (Let’s be honest, with cheese as one of its star ingredients, pizza is not the most vegan-friendly food).
But at those chains that offer plenty of variety and lots of ingredient options to allow for custom-built orders, there’s hope for those who follow a vegan diet to find something that fits their lifestyle.
If you’re a Pizza Hut fan who’s also vegan, there’s certainly enough on the menu that you can work with to create a vegan-friendly meal, whether it’s through existing menu items or by simply knowing how to best modify your order. Here’s everything you can eat at Pizza Hut on a vegan diet.
Vegan food and drink items available on the Pizza Hut menu
The big hurdle for vegans at Pizza Hut is the obvious suspect: cheese. Since the chain doesn’t offer a vegan cheese option, you’ll have to order your pizza without cheese to avoid the animal product altogether – but there are plenty of other ingredients that you can pile on to make up for it.
Luckily most of Pizza Hut’s pizza crust options are vegan-friendly – all of them except the Original Stuffed Crust – so at most locations, you have three crusts to choose from that don’t contain any dairy or animal byproducts. That means you can easily create your own pizza with vegan-friendly toppings, as long as you skip the cheese. And that also means that Pizza Hut’s famous breadsticks are vegan-friendly as well; the only hitch is that you have to ask for a modification to remove the parmesan seasoning (which you may need to do over the phone since this usually isn’t a custom option online).
If you’ve frequented Pizza Hut in the past, you may remember that at one point the chain offered a vegan meat option: Beyond Meat Italian Sausage. This was introduced to the menu in 2020 and appeared on a few different items, but was only available for a limited time and is no longer an option on the national menu.
Aside from creating your own pizza with vegan-friendly toppings, there are a couple of other options on the menu that can fit into a vegan diet, like Pizza Hut’s fries. Unfortunately none of Pizza Hut’s pasta items are vegan, since all of their pasta sauces contain cheese. But there’s one sweet silver lining: if you forgo the dipping icing, Pizza Hut’s Cinnamon Sticks are vegan-friendly!
One thing that’s important to remember: if you’re vegan or dairy-free for allergen reasons, a chain like Pizza Cut can’t necessarily guarantee that there’s no cross-contamination with other dairy or animal products, so that’s something to consider when ordering.
Here’s everything you can order on the menu (along with any necessary modifications) that’ll make for a vegan-friendly meal or snack next time you place an order at Pizza Hut.
| Vegan Menu Items | Required Modifications |
| Create Your Own Pizza | No cheese Choose from vegan-friendly crust and toppings (listed below) |
| Veggie Lover’s Pizza | No cheese Choose from vegan-friendly crust options (listed below) |
| Garden Salad* | No cheese Choice of vegan dressing (below) |
| Caesar Salad* | No cheese Choice of vegan dressing (below) |
| Fries | |
| Breadsticks | No parmesan seasoning |
| Cinnamon Sticks | No icing dipping cup |
| Vegan Pizza Crusts | |
| Hand-Tossed Pizza | |
| Original Pan Pizza | |
| Thin N’ Crispy | |
| Vegan Pizza Sauces | |
| Classic Marinara | |
| Buffalo Pizza Sauce | |
| Vegan Toppings | |
| Banana Peppers | |
| Green Bell Peppers | |
| Jalapeno Peppers | |
| Mediterranean Black Olives | |
| Mushrooms | |
| Onions | |
| Pineapple | |
| Roma Tomatoes | |
| Vegan Dipping Sauces | |
| Buffalo | |
| Vegan Salad Dressings | |
| Balsamic Vinegar | |
| Creamy Italian | |
| French | |
| Vegan Drinks | |
| Sodas |
Unfortunately, Pizza Hut does not offer any vegan or meatless protein options at this time. The chain did test out Beyond Meat Italian Sausage on a couple of menu items back in 2020, but as of January 2021 there are no longer any Beyond Meat items available on the menu.
Yes, three out of the four main pizza crusts that Pizza Hut offers are vegan-friendly and don’t contain any dairy or animal products. These include the Hand-Tossed Pizza Crust, the Original Pan Pizza Crust, and the Thin N’ Crispy Crust (the only crust that isn’t vegan is the Original Stuffed Crust). Pizza Hut’s breadsticks are also vegan-friendly, once modified to remove the parmesan seasoning.
Yes, Pizza Hut fries are vegan, since they are cooked in vegetable oil. However, it’s not guaranteed that they aren’t cross-contaminated with other dairy products as they are fried in shared spaces and fryers.
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