In 1984, Papa John's opened with one goal in mind – to provide the best pizza. We knew that with better ingredients we could do it. Even today, we are motivated by the same goal and the same promise, “better ingredients, better pizza”.
Our belief is simple: if you take care of your staff and give them their best, you create superior pizzas. This is our motivation and this is why we invest more than many in our sector. This is to ensure that we consistently deliver the best pizzas and service.
The more you learn about our ingredients, the more informed you will be when choosing a pizza. If you still have questions, watch our video and our detailed explanation of the ingredients to get the right answers.
Our special garlic sauce recipe is a delicious blend of garlic, oil and spices that is the perfect complement to your favorite Papa John's pizza or breadsticks.
Our tomatoes ripen on farms in California's Central Valley, where they are canned within six hours of being harvested. The recipe for our sauce is a simple but tasty blend of tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil, sunflower oil, salt and seasoned with an exclusive spice blend.
For our recipes, we only use top quality meat. Our sausages, Italian sausages and pepperoni are made from real cuts of beef and pork, guaranteed to be agent-free and lightly spiced for even more flavor.
If you like cheese, you'll love ours! 100% real, it is made from very high quality mozzarella and skimmed milk.
90% of our olives come from the famous olive groves of the Herrera region, Spain. Top quality olives with a very pleasant taste are produced there. Our customers love them!
Papa John’s dough is the base of our pizza and the heart of our know-how. It is turned by hand, then delivered fresh to our restaurants without ever being frozen. Our recipe consists of a unique blend of 7 simple ingredients: unbleached, protein-rich flour, water, sugar, soybean oil, salt, yeast and olive oil. extra virgin olive.
To ensure they retain all their flavor, we make sure to only use fresh, perfectly ripened vegetables. Our green peppers and onions are sliced directly in our restaurants, for added crunch. Our Italian mushrooms, of the crimini variety, are known all over the world and easily recognizable with their slightly golden brown color, their texture and their very particular taste.