--- title: Mustard Becomes Latest Polarizing Pizza Topping description: Forget pineapple. Mustard is here to take over as the top polarizing pizza topping. canonical: https://time.com/5387473/mustard-pizza-reactions/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-05T16:57:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:41.616Z og:title: Mustard Is the Latest Pizza Topping to Polarize Us og:description: "This is even more despicable than pineapple" og:url: https://time.com/5387473/mustard-pizza-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d93ee682c5ef49a/69893985e76ad2a962632ea0/mustard-pizza.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Mustard-Pizza og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mustard Is the Latest Pizza Topping to Polarize Us twitter:description: "This is even more despicable than pineapple" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d93ee682c5ef49a/69893985e76ad2a962632ea0/mustard-pizza.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mustard Is the Latest Polarizing Pizza Topping and People Have Strong Feelings  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 5, 2018 4:57 PM UTC  Mustard in a bowl Mustard in a bowlAndrew Balcombe/EyeEm  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 5, 2018 4:57 PM UTC Forget [pineapple](http://time.com/4691875/pineapple-pizza-poll/). [Mustard](http://time.com/4585403/mcdonalds-mustard-soda-dr-pepper-topeka/) is here to take over as the top polarizing [pizza topping](http://time.com/4687790/weirdest-pizzas/). After it was brought to the Internet’s attention that Lions & Tigers & Squares—a Detroit-style pizzeria in New York—offers a pie that substitutes mustard for tomato sauce, people immediately began sharing their opinions on the matter. Many were opposed to the switch-up. “To all y’all that complain about pineapples on pizza, THIS pizza with mustard on it is what y’all should be disgusted with instead,” tweeted one mustard naysayer. > [](https://twitter.com/InsiderFood/status/1036924330909753347) > [](https://twitter.com/foreverbrandnew/status/1036926786334932993) However, others were intrigued by the mustard, corned beef, sauerkraut and cheese combo. “I’d love to try it,” a Twitter user wrote. “I get barbecue instead of tomato on the base and dip the crust into honey mustard anyway so I’d give it a go.” > [](https://twitter.com/Danzig303/status/1036929670762176519) See some of the reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/SimplySherriUSA/status/1037115279371726848) > [](https://twitter.com/TFleeus/status/1037364614726594560) > [](https://twitter.com/NPatrick19%5F/status/1036929513022742528) > [](https://twitter.com/magichat/status/1037368541299781638) > [](https://twitter.com/1CynicalCyborg/status/1036929012973490176) > [](https://twitter.com/ThisIsJMichael/status/1037368893260660738) > [](https://twitter.com/madseatstho/status/1036986146016833537) > [](https://twitter.com/CeesBees12345/status/1037371922344947713) > [](https://twitter.com/%5FBig%5FBrown%5F%5F/status/1037367213148098560) > [](https://twitter.com/crimekarIa/status/1037136619466309633) > [](https://twitter.com/w%5F90210/status/1037165523421880321) > [](https://twitter.com/dantack/status/1037370602439553024) > [](https://twitter.com/yuyulGL/status/1036990242761265152) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5387473/mustard-pizza-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5387473/mustard-pizza-reactions/"},"headline":"Mustard Is the Latest Polarizing Pizza Topping and People Have Strong Feelings","datePublished":"2018-09-05T16:57:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:41.616Z","description":"\"This is even more despicable than pineapple\"","url":"https://time.com/5387473/mustard-pizza-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","viral","Pizza"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d93ee682c5ef49a/69893985e76ad2a962632ea0/mustard-pizza.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d93ee682c5ef49a/69893985e76ad2a962632ea0/mustard-pizza.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mustard-Pizza","caption":"Mustard in a bowl","creditText":"Andrew Balcombe/EyeEm","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5387473/mustard-pizza-reactions/","name":"Mustard Is the Latest Polarizing Pizza Topping and People Have Strong Feelings"}}]}] ```