Nestle Unveils Plant-Based Ground Beef in New Meatless DiGiorno Pizza and Stouffers Meatless Lasagna

Nestle is set to launch new meatless Digiorno pizza and meatless Stouffer's lasagna, featuring Sweet Earth Awesome Grounds, a plant-based ground beef alternative, starting spring 2020.

The company cites increasing interest in "flexitarian" diets (incorporating more vegetarian meals but still occasionally eating meat or fish) in debuting the new products.

DiGiorno Rising Crust Meatless Supreme Pizza comes topped with Sweet Earth Awesome Grounds, green and red bell peppers, onions, and black olives.

Stouffer's Meatless Lasagna is made with Sweet Earth Awesome Grounds, herb-seasoned tomato sauce, and mozzarella cheese.

Sweet Earth Awesome Grounds are made from textured yellow pea protein, wheat gluten, canola oil, coconut oil, and other ingredients. A serving  contains 16g of protein and 4g of fiber.

Photo via Nestle.