UPDATE: VEGANS, DON’T EAT SOY CHEESE AT ZPIZZA

this truly is a sad day because i have to recommend that my fellow vegans refrain from feeding their mock-mozzarella fix with zpizza soy cheese. i am sorry to announce that sources have confirmed the soy cheese at zpizza lacks total veganocity. i’ve gotten many mixed messages from both fellow vegans, and the corporate office of fransmart (the company behind the zpizza franchises) regarding the casein content of their soy cheese…to the point that i definitely don’t feel comfortable eating it! details to follow. and many thanks to scvegan for bringing this issue and new information to my attention.

now, all you awesome vegans can resume eating at damiano’s.

it is with great pleasure and relief that i can finally announce to the world, vegan zpizza in west hollywood is back!

for 3 weeks there was a huge gaping hole in my life, when zpizza mysteriously stopped carrying their amazing soy cheese. this was seriously life-altering cheese that made it possible for me to be a vegan. i’ve never found anything like it, follow your heart came nowhere near. it melted almost like REAL cheese, and i’d grown addicted to it, needing zpizza once a week at the very least!

that being said, you can imagine how my dreams were crushed one friday night when i called in an order after a peroni session at the formosa cafe only to find they were out of soy cheese! damn…surely it will be back tomorrow, i thought. but when i tried again the next day, still nothing—and it didn’t stop there! weeks passed as i called and called the restaurant and each time they assured me the cheese would be back soon. i was beginning to believe i would never taste this beautiful zpizza again.

luckily, when i tried again on friday (expecting nothing after being beaten down by weeks of rejection) i was told the soy cheese had finally arrived from the manufacturer! yay! naturally, i hurried over right away to pick up my usual order: a large pizza with soy cheese, tomatoes, mushrooms, and chopped garlic. all was well in the world.

now, while i’m on the topic of zpizza, i’d like to take this opportunity to address some rumors that their soy cheese contains casein. after reading claims that our beloved cheese was not vegan, we at quarrygirl.com took matters in to our own hands and called The Man at zpizza headquarters, who assured us that there are absolutely no dairy products in zpizza’s soy cheese. phew. maybe that’s why it took so long to get the cheese back when there was a problem at the manufacturer. maybe this pizza really is that special. i‘d sure like to think so.

(if you have any information regarding zpizza’s soy cheese, please feel free to contact us or leave a comment!)

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