PORTLAND, OR – Brazi Bites, a better-for-you Latin-inspired food company, announced today the launch of its new “Pizza’nadas,” an extension of the brand’s popular empanadas line.

The new product’s base is a gluten-free Brazilian cheese bread, made with clean ingredients such as tapioca flour, eggs, cheese and milk. It’s then stuffed with the classic pizza toppings of mozzarella, pepperoni and tomato sauce.

Frozen foods became a major player in the pandemic, growing 21% last year, according to the American Frozen Food Institute. With such an explosion of the category, the company saw a new opportunity to bring a classic flavor to BFY frozen bites.

“As we watched the frozen and nostalgic categories catapult over the past year, it became clear that there was a huge opportunity for us to capitalize on a white space in the market by creating the perfect better-for-you, gluten- and grain-free product to bring the two categories together,” said Junea Rocha, co-founder and CMO of Brazi Bites. “Shoppers are actively searching for a gluten-free pepperoni pizza bite alternative that actually tastes good and is made with clean ingredients. In fact, a pizza bite option was the number one requested product by our consumers over the past 18 months.”

The bites have a suggested retail price of $5.99 and are available at various retailers across the country as well as on Amazon.