Four toppings available

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (April 4, 2017) Papa Johns International is testing a pilot program in Lexington that makesorganic produce available for pizza toppings. Toppings include Roma tomatoes, green peppers, yellow onions and mushrooms.

Papa Johns plans topartner with Green BEAN Deliveryto source organic produce from Certified Organic family farms tolocations in Arizona, Florida, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Oregon, California and Indiana.

Our customers want to know where their food comes from and how it is produced, said Sean Muldoon, chief ingredient officer at Papa Johns. At Papa Johns, we are constantly looking at ways to meet the needs of our customers whether its through our clean label initiative or testing organic produce. Moving into a test of organic produce is a natural progression as Papa Johns takes pride in our position of having the cleanest label in the pizza industry.

In 2015 organic fruits and vegetables reached $14.4 billion in sales and almost 13 percent of the produce sold in the U.S. is now organic, according to the Organic Trade Association. Sales are expected to reach nearly 20 percent by 2020. Additionally, more than half of American households purchase organic produce.

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Papa John's testing organic produce toppings in Lexington - The Lane Report