The New Gluten Free Domino’s Pizzas x Schar: Your Questions Answered
GUESS WHATโฆ. Gluten free Dominos is back!!!!!!!
As we know, Dominoโs removed the gluten free bases from their menus over Covid due to social distancing, this meant reduced staff numbers in their kitchens so they couldnโt have a dedicated member of staff to prepare our gluten free pizzas at this time (boooo!!!) but they are now back. Theyโre different thoughโฆ theyโve bought out a NEW BASE and its delicious. I think its time to forgive them for their sins!
KEY FACTS:
- The new bases are produced by Schar โ it is NOT the base on sale in the supermarkets
- Dominoโs is Coeliac UK Accredited
- Price wise, without deals etc, they range from ยฃ11.99 to ยฃ13.99 for a small, which is 9.5โ across.
The announcement has brought lots of questions all over social media โฆ is it really coeliac safe? Does it cost more than the regular pizzas? Can I get a gluten & dairy free pizza? Oh, and, how do I order? ? Well, the good news is that Iโve been speaking to Schar and I have all the answers.
Let me show you how good theyโre looking and then weโll get answers to your questions.
QUESTION TIME
Why would I pay more for a Schar base from Dominoโs when I can buy one for less in the supermarket?
Good news – itโs actually a *completely different base*? to the supermarket one. Schar have spent YEARS working with Dominos to develop this base and its specifically made for them.
My verdict: its thin, has a fluffy middle, crunchy crusts and tastes great. Genuinely really enjoyed it. If you need more convincing (1) my non-gf boyfriend liked it too and thatโs pretty high praise!! (2) it was also good cold. How rare is that with gf pizza โ it normally goes like cardboard!
Itโs annoying it costs more than the gluten-containing pizzas
It doesnโt cost more. Hereโs the price comparison of the SAME SIZED, gluten-containing pizzas vs gluten-free:
- Cheese and Tomato ยฃ11.99 vs GF ยฃ11.99
- Pepperoni ยฃ13.99 vs GF ยฃ13.99
- New Yorker ยฃ13.99 vs GF ยฃ13.99
- Vegi Supreme ยฃ12.99 vs GF 12.99
- Texas BBQ ยฃ13.99 vs GF ยฃ13.99
Yep, they’re all exactly the same!!!!!!
Itโs still too expensive.
You can get the gf pizza in the deals!!! Quite often, the deals are ex-gluten free but nope, Dominos have included us! ! *disclaimer- each franchise will have its own range of deals so these may not be available in every store
- ยฃ13.99 Date with Dominos โ Small. A small pizza, sumptuous side and a 500ml drink for ยฃ13.99.
- Buy one pizza, get the other half price
- Two for Tuesdays โ NB the adverts say โmedium and large onlyโ but if you click on the deals section of their website, thereโs actually a โTwo for Tuesday Gluten Freeโ so we can be included
- ยฃ21 Family Deal โ Small – 2 small pizzas, garlic pizza bread OR a portion of potato wedges and a bottle of drink for ยฃ21. The sides arenโt gluten free but this deal works for me as Charlie has the sides and Iโm not bothered!
Is the gluten free Domino’s pizza really small?
It fills me up but everyone differentโฆ if its too small for you, order two โ two for Tuesdays!!
Why can’t I customise it more? Is it because they’re all pre-made and frozen?
No, they are prepared freshly in store.
The toppings canโt currently be changed to minimise the risk of cross contamination, the toppings available are the ones that donโt come into contact with Gluten, itโs a start and hey, if enough of us ask nicely, they might sort that out!
How do I order a gluten, dairy free pizza?
The base and tomato sauce are both gluten and dairy free. The cheese is the issueโฆ
- The dairy-containing cheese process: As I understand it, when we order a gluten free pizza, rather than using the cheese from the gluten-containing production line, they open a brand-new bag of cheese to avoid cc. As loads of dairy-containing cheese pizzas are ordered, they can feel pretty confident that the new bag will get used up quickly.
- So why canโt they do this for dairy free? My guess is because not enough vegan pizzas are made every day to warrant opening lots of fresh bags of vegan cheese every time
THAT SAID I HAVE TWO OPTIONS FOR YOU:
1) Order without cheese: if you click โcustomiseโ, youโll see the mozzarella cheese line in a blue box. Click on it once and itโll say โextraโ, click again and itโll go white. That means you have removed the cheese. You can double check youโve done this right at the checkout. It should look like this (with the red โminus mozzarella cheeseโ)
That might sound miserable, but I actually really like it!! You could quickly add your cheese at home and still feel like youโre part of the Dominoโs night or just go without and order plenty of extra toppings and the vegan garlic dip like meโฆ
2) Ring your store: I rang 3 different stores. 2 out of 3 were happy to open a fresh vegan cheese bag for me! The other said its just not an option on their till so he wasnโt comfortable doing it, but worth asking yours.
Is it really coeliac safe?
YES! The gluten free pizzas are accredited by Coeliac UK so that should give us the confidence we need!
They are prepared by one dedicated member of staff in a separate area of the store to avoid any potential contamination.
They even come with a little gf sticker, sealing the boxes, which really does fill me with confidence that someone has looked after my order.
Hereโs some info from their website:
โWe’ve worked hard to develop our gluten free pizza and are pleased to offer customers a Coeliac UK accredited option, which tastes great too. Our pizza base is made in a dedicated central product facility and stored in sealed pouches before use. Once in store, we’ve implemented a range of measures to ensure our gluten free pizza is suitable for coeliacs. Domino’s team members are specially trained, and each pizza is made from start to finish by the same individual. We also use freshly cleaned equipment to produce each pizza while handling fresh sauce and cheese. Finally, we conduct a hot rack check before any gluten free pizza is given to our customers.
As part of our Coeliac UK accreditation, stores are carefully audited against third party defined criteria. Each year, some of our stores are selected for audit in which we demonstrate all measures we take to provide gluten free options, as well as demonstrating how we make our gluten free pizzas. All our stores display a Coeliac UK sticker in the door. Our Food Technical team maintain on-going dialogue with Coeliac UK to provide updates to our gluten free menu and store audits.โ Click here to read more
*This blog post was written as part of a paid collaboration with Schar but as always, the views, pictures etc etc are all my own, Jess xx
