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Gluten free pizza

Posted by: on Aug 29, 2005 | 4 Comments

My wife and I were very pleased to find frozen pizzas from the company Dietary Specials in our local Waitrose supermarket on Friday. This is big news for us, as our daughter responds very badly to gluten based foods.

While we don’t go for convenience foods normally it is very nice to be able to have something like this for times like parties at other peoples’ houses where it is often very difficult to provide foods that are vegetarian and gluten free and similar to what other children are eating. It’s the kind of thing that will become more of a problem as she gets older.

These pizzas are absolutely amazing for gluten-free pizza bases though – of course nowhere near a gourment extra-thin true Italian-style wood fired pizza, more like your average cheap "tomato and mozzarella with spongey base" fare. However to achieve that at all without gluten is simply amazing. It’s just a shame they have to use cow’s milk and eggs in them or I’d be eating them myself occasionally (yes, gluten avoidance can lower your good taste barriers).

Score 1 for Dietary Specials though, as unlike some of their other products (such as their croissants), and a lot of the dreaded Tru-free stuff, there’s no hydrogenated fats in the pizzas. 

4 Comments

  1. Becky
    December 14, 2006

    I wish there were more stores that sold ready-made GF Pizza’s. Tesco used to do a really nice tomato and cheese one but then they stopped and I haven’t seen any in there since- it’s not fair :(

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  2. debbie
    June 11, 2007

    There is actually a new gluten free pizza that’s made with a cheese crust. I have had a problem getting stores around me to sell it. Apparently they only sell it in the western states. It’s van hardens pizza… all reviews have been really good, even from non celiacs!

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  3. Damon
    November 15, 2007

    Luckily, there is now a cute little pizza parlour in the heart of Christchurch, New Zealand, offering tasty gluten free pizza.
    Papa’s Pizza uses all fresh ingredients, and offers an expansive menu, with most of their ingredients being gluten free.
    So, if your gluten intolerant, or coeliac, check out http://www.papas.co.nz

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  4. Body detoxification diet
    August 19, 2009

    i am into Gluten-Free diet because i am allergic to gluten. when baking bread, i always use Guar Gum or Xanthan Gum

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