Receta Finally, Pizza 73 Serves up Gluten Free Pizza's! @pizza73
Yes, it's true! Pizza 73 is finally serving a gluten free pizza! This after endless phone calls and a blog post over two years ago begging for support since Pizza 73's sister company Pizza Pizza serves gluten free pizza to Eastern Canada.
So as I've done with other gluten free pizza announcements like Panago gluten free pizza crust announcement, this will essentially give you some details about the pizza and then Amanda and I will offer up review once we try it.
So first off, you can see the following ad on Pizza 73's website. They are offering 10" gluten free pizza's made from rice flour. So far they are just offering their peppeoni, hawaiin or veggie pizza's as gluten free.
It was confirmed to me by Amber Fancy, Marketing Manager that they are using the exact same gluten free crust as their sister company Pizza Pizza.
They explained to me it took longer to bring the gluten free pizza crust to Pizza 73 because Pizza Pizza has a different kitchen than Pizza 73. Pizza Pizza uses ovens and Pizza 73 uses the conveyor belt system. This meant that Pizza 73 wanted to go through rigorous testing of the pizza to try and reduce the chance of cross contamination as much as possible. Now keep in mind, like any restaurant, and pizza place, this is not a strictly gluten free kitchen, and I am sure Pizza 73 won't hesitate to remind you that as a fair disclaimer.
With that being said, Amber also wrote to me the following:
Our premade gluten free crust is prepared, cooked and cut with dedicated utensils & doesn’t require dusting flour. However since we are a kitchen environment and many of our products aren’t in sealed packages, we unfortunately can’t guarantee a 100% allergy-free environment.
Amber also provided me with links to order the gluten free pizza's online and to check out the gluten free ingredients. I checked out the pricing and it is pretty decent:
- CHEESE - $9.99
- PEPPERONI - $9.99
HAWAIIAN - $10.99
VEGETARIAN - $10.99
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