Article: Pizza Hut can't decide what's in its food

Din, Suleman
India Abroad
08-10-2001
Pizza Hut can't decide what's in its food

Mohammed Azizuddin remembered his surprise at the email about Pizza Hut he
received at work one month ago.

The subject of the email? 'Pizza Hut confirms lard in its breads.'

The San Jose-based Cisco employee was concerned. He'd eaten at Pizza Hut
before - and as a Muslim, he is forbidden by his faith to eat lard, or
anything else derived from a pig.

He then got another email someone else had called Pizza Hut's 1-800
customer hotline. They learned the restaurant didn't have lard in its
breads, but the cheese used on its pizzas contained an ingredient that was
a mix of beef and vegetable.

Confused, he felt there was only one ...

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