Pizza Plaza IS vegan

October 20, 2005

I went into Pizza Plaza today and asked him what brand of vegan cheese they

use, and he said they use Follow Your Heart. He said that a few weeks ago,

there was some confusion over the fake cheese, because (as stated in the

original email that started this thread), they lost their supplier. In the

interim search for a new supplier, they *temporarily* used some other fake

cheese that apparetnly had casein in it.

Like many non-vegans, the guy honestly didn't know that casein is a milk

protein. Once he discovered the mistake, he stopped using the casein fake

cheese. Now he is back to using Follow Your Heart. So yes, Pizza Plaza IS

VEGAN!

They also have a billion vegan toppings, including fake chicken, fake

sausage and fake pepperoni. So, stop by the Plaza and check it out!

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Message: 1

Tue, 18 Oct 2005 21:08:47 -0700

" Colleen A. Patrick-Goudreau/Compassionate Cooks "

<colleen

Re: Pizza Plaza not vegan

Because of the minimum required from their distributor, one idea is for

people to bring in their own Follow Your Heart cheese, and they'll make a

pizza for you with that. They also reduce the price when you do that. So,

that's one option as well.

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celticwitch

SFBAVeg

Tuesday, October 18, 2005 5:43 PM

Pizza Plaza not vegan

Sorry to be the bearer of these tidings, but a friend of mine to whom I

passed on the info about this restaurant stopped by to order something,

and

on asking, learned that the soy cheese they use contains casein, an

animal

product.

She talked with the owner, who acknowledged the problem and said he's

working on ordering a brand of truly vegan soy cheese that melts. I

suppose

if a number of us express an interest in a vegan product from him, he

might

be inclined to move more swiftly on the issue. Until then, it is

vegetarian

fare, but not vegan. And when someone learns that he has made the

change,

please share the info with the list. Thanks.

October 21, 2005

Thanks to everyone for their diligence in sharing information. It is always good to be able to educate restaurant owners and work with them to have more vegan options.

Just a reminder - there is a category for Best Vegan Pizza in the BEST OF VEG 2005 survey :-)

It'll be interesting to see who wins this year. Lanesplitter's is so far the undefeated vegan pizza favorite according to BEST OF VEG voters in 2003 and 2004.

http://bayareaveg.org/vote

Cheers,

Tammy

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