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" Agreed, if they need to tell you it's "food", don't eat it."

Another corporate buzzword I watch out for is "product". ....If you can stand it, call Pizza Hut and order a Pizza with Hamburger for one of the toppings. They will read it back to you as "beef", and you can't get them to say Hamburger. Always made me wonder what their idea of "beef" actually is.

They will read it back to you as "beef", and you can't get them to say Hamburger. Always made me wonder what their idea of "beef" actually is.

I cannot speak to what they use today, but in the early '80s the beef topping were little frozen pellets. There was certainly beef in it, as well seasonings and some chemicals. As the stuff was frozen I don't know what the chemicals did. The beef pellets looked the same as the pork pellets (which is NOT the same as the Italian sausage).

In our store it was not a standard menu topping, and was mainly used for the meat sauce for the spaghetti and cavatini (Pizza Hut macaroni dish), but you could request it. Those who requested hamburger would be offered meatballs, which were beefy enough, but definitely of the frozen school cafeteria variety, but much better than the canned Chef-boy-ardi type.