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Papa John's Pizza

3,951 locations · 1 rating

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What the score is made of

Four categories, weighted. Seed oils count three times as much as plastics or ultra-processing, so a poor seed-oil score pulls the overall number down hardest.

  • Seed oil3× weight0
  • Additives2× weight0
  • Plastics0.5× weight
  • NOVA0.5× weight50

Plastics has no ratings yet and count as 0 toward the overall score — an unproven category isn’t a free pass.

Full methodology: how we score restaurants.

What reviewers said

@Fable_X_Tallow1mo ago

Papa John's puts soybean oil in the crust and sunflower oil in the pizza sauce, so every pizza has two seed oils in it before toppings, and the shredded cheese on all of them carries modified food starch, cellulose and sodium citrate. Their Original Crust and pizza sauce are otherwise unusually short lists.

Papa John's publishes ingredient statements for its pizza components across three pages of its own site - crusts, cheeses and sauces, then meats, then veggies - 30 components in all. Seed oils are unavoidable here: Original and Thin crusts both list soybean oil, the Gluten-Free crust uses a canola and olive blend, and the Original pizza sauce lists sunflower oil, so every pizza carries two of them before a topping goes on. 18 of the 30 components carry an additive, and the shredded cheese that goes on every pizza is one of them - modified food starch, cellulose and sodium citrate. Credit where it is due: Original Crust is six ingredients and the sauce is tomatoes, oils, sugar, salt, garlic and spices. Note this list is pizza only - wings, Papadias, the garlic dipping cup and desserts are not published.

Common questions

What is in Papa John's Pizza's food?

Tallow reviewers check Papa John's Pizza on four things: whether it cooks in seed oils, whether the menu carries artificial additives, whether food touches plastic on the way out, and how much of it arrives premade rather than made in the kitchen. The answers to each are scored below.

Does Papa John's Pizza use seed oils?

Yes. Papa John's Pizza scores 0/100 here — reviewers report heavy seed oil use.

Does Papa John's Pizza use artificial additives?

Yes. Papa John's Pizza scores 0/100 here — reviewers report a lot of artificial additives.

Is Papa John's Pizza healthy?

Not really — Papa John's Pizza scores 4/100, a poor score. Tallow rates what a kitchen cooks with, not how many calories are on the plate.

Does Papa John's Pizza serve premade or ultra-processed food?

Sometimes. Papa John's Pizza scores 50/100 here, so reports are mixed.

Papa John's Pizza locations

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  • 1415 Highland Ave, Carrollton
  • 2606 Harry Nichols Dr, Madison
  • 510 E Broadway St, Shelbyville
  • 1001 N State St, Greenfield
  • 334 S Emerson Ave, Greenwood
  • 5499 E 82nd St, Indianapolis
  • 5500B Emerson Way Ste B, Indianapolis
  • 3737B E Washington St Ste B, Indianapolis
  • 6311 N Keystone Ave, Indianapolis
  • 5035 W 71st St, Indianapolis
  • 1630 E Southport Rd, Indianapolis
  • 5881 N State Road 135, Greenwood
  • 275 N Morton St, Franklin
  • 2412 Pennsylvania St, Columbus
  • 2520 Eastbrook Plz, Columbus
  • 745 W McClain Ave, Scottsburg
  • 2860 State Road 37, Mitchell
  • 5221 W State Road 46, Bloomington
  • 136 N Perry Rd, Plainfield
  • 1521 N Green St, Brownsburg
  • 1205 S Bloomington St, Greencastle
  • 99 Forest Park Plz, Brazil
  • 1783 E State Road 163 Ste J, Clinton
  • 1810 E State Highway 54, Linton
  • 2365 N 6th St, Vincennes
  • 303 N Weinbach Ave, Evansville
  • 5436 E Indiana St, Evansville
  • 44 14th St, Tell City
  • 200 Zoe Ln, Leitchfield
  • 701 S Main St, Leitchfield
  • 1958 S US Highway 231, Beaver Dam
  • 3332 Villa Pt Ste 110, Owensboro
  • 2510 Frederica St, Owensboro
  • 92 Madison Square Dr, Madisonville
  • 418 Center St, Henderson
  • SR 70, Bradenton
  • 801 Lake Land Blvd, Mattoon
  • 100 N Henrietta St, Effingham
  • 3592 S State Route 159, Glen Carbon
  • 3082 N Main St, Decatur

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