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Papa John's to eliminate artificial flavors, synthetic colors

Papa John’s has announced it is the first national pizza chain to remove artificial flavors and synthetic colors from its entire food menu.

January 12, 2016

Papa John's has announced it is the first national pizza chain to remove artificial flavors and synthetic colors from its entire food menu. This includes all pizza ingredients, pizza toppings, dessert items and sauce selections, according to a company press release.

"We closed out 2015 announcing our commitment to serve chicken raised without antibiotics and are ringing in the New Year artificial-flavor and synthetic-color free," said Sean Muldoon, Papa John's senior vice rresident of Research and Development. "We're so proud to be able to show our customers how much we care about what they're eating. This exemplifies Papa John's continued efforts to deliver high-quality products. It's the right thing to do."

Additionally, by this summer Papa John's chicken toppings and poppers will contain on antibiotics, the release stated. Papa John's currently uses no trans-fats, MSG, fillers in core meat toppings, BHA, BHT and partially hydrogenated oils.