It turns out you can top pepperoni and sausage as pizza ingredients.
Nichole Andrews , a Washington oncology dietitian and author , revealed five ideas for “tasty, wholesome” pizzas to sub for pies with processed meats like pepperoni or precooked sausage.
The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer classified processed meat as “carcinogenic to humans” in 2015 , noting there is “sufficient evidence from epidemiological studies that eating processed meat causes colorectal cancer.”
Processed meats — which include hot dogs, ham, sausages, corned beef and beef jerky — have been prepared in a way to enhance flavor or improve preservation. The WHO said some of these processes can produce potentially cancer-causing chemicals.