by Jeanne Yacoubou, MS
\nVRG Research Director<\/p>\n
Launched in October 2013, Viva La Vegan\u00ae is a vegan pizza offered at Viva La Vegan\u00ae is described on the Ledo Pizza\u00ae website:<\/p>\n Our flakey crust, topped with LEDO sauce, fresh sliced tomatoes, black The VRG spoke with employees at Ledo Pizza\u2019s\u00ae corporate office in We learned that the pizza crust does not contain dairy ingredients, The VRG was told that the pizza sauce is all-vegetable. The FAQ page on Vine-Ripened Fresh Peeled Ground Tomatoes, Extra Heavy Tomato Puree, A A Ledo\u2019s\u00ae corporate employee confirmed on the phone that this sauce is There is no cheese on the Viva La Vegan\u00ae pizza. Currently there is no Concerning cheeses served on other Ledo\u00ae pizzas, the FAQ page on the We asked the manager of a Ledo Pizza\u00ae restaurant about the likelihood of Ledo\u2019s\u00ae also makes a gluten-free crust which is all-vegetable. An Water, Rice Flour, Potato Starch, Olive Oil, Evaporated Cane Juice, According to a Ledo\u2019s\u00ae employee in the corporate office, a patron could <\/p>\n For more information on fast food and quick casual restaurant chains The contents of this article, our website, and our other publications, Click here<\/a> to get our blog delivered right to your inbox. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Jeanne Yacoubou, MS VRG Research Director Launched in October 2013, Viva La Vegan\u00ae is a vegan pizza offered at Ledo Pizza\u00ae restaurants. There are approximately one hundred Ledo\u00ae restaurants located mostly in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC with a few others in West Virginia, South Carolina and Florida. A store locator can be accessed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5129"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5149,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5129\/revisions\/5149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nLedo Pizza\u00ae restaurants. There are approximately one hundred Ledo\u00ae
\nrestaurants located mostly in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC with
\na few others in West Virginia, South Carolina and Florida. A store
\nlocator can be accessed on the Ledo Pizza\u00ae website<\/a>. Each Ledo Pizza\u00ae restaurant is independently owned and operated.<\/p>\n
\nolives, red onions and jalapenos. Baked then topped with fresh avocado
\nand drizzled with our lemon-infused extra virgin olive oil.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nMaryland and to the manager of a suburban Maryland Ledo Pizza\u00ae
\nrestaurant in February 2014 to find out more information about the Viva
\nLa Vegan\u00ae pizza.<\/p>\n
\nhoney, or other animal ingredients such as lard. The crust does not
\ncontain L-cysteine. The FAQ page on the Ledo Pizza\u00ae website states: \u201cOur
\ncrust is not made with any animal products.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nthe Ledo Pizza\u00ae website states: \u201cOur sauce contains soy oil, California
\ntomatoes, fresh veggies, and spices.\u201d The complete ingredient statement
\nfor the Ledo\u00ae sauce is also found on the website:<\/p>\n
\nSpecial Blend of Spices and Herbs (Sugar, Salt, Aromatic Herbs, Spices),
\nSoybean Oil, Fresh Onions, Fresh Garlic.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\non the Viva La Vegan\u00ae pizza.<\/p>\n
\nvegan cheese option at Ledo Pizza\u00ae. Patrons interested in this option
\nshould speak with the manager of their local Ledo Pizza\u00ae.<\/p>\n
\nLedo Pizza\u00ae website states: \u201cOur cheese is made with vegetable-based
\nrennet.\u201d Ledo\u00ae employees in the corporate office confirmed this on the
\nphone with The VRG.<\/p>\n
\nmeat products coming into contact with the Viva La Vegan\u00ae pizza or with
\nthe utensils and pans used to make it. She told us that \u201cContact with
\nmeat products is possible.\u201d She suggested that vegan patrons request
\nthat the pizza cutter be sanitized before cutting a Viva La Vegan\u00ae pizza
\nto ensure that it hasn\u2019t been in recent contact with cheese or meat from
\nother pizzas. The manager pointed out that since only doughs touch the
\npans and all the doughs are dairy-free, the pans are never of concern
\nfor vegans.<\/p>\n
\ningredient list for it appears on its website<\/a>:<\/p>\n
\nTapioca Flour, Fresh Yeast, Salt<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nrequest that the gluten-free crust be used to build the Viva La Vegan\u00ae
\npizza. The gluten-free crust is available only in a small size at this
\ntime.<\/p>\n
\nvisit The VRG website<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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