Kiki’s Gluten-Free Foods, Arlington Heights, Ill., launched what is said to be the first gluten-free deep dish pizza for the foodservice industry.
This ready-to-bake deep dish pizza was developed with restaurant operators in mind. Commercial kitchens have a challenge preparing gluten-free pizza if they use wheat flour in any form in their kitchens; flour easily suspends in the air and can “contaminate” tools, surfaces, food ingredients or cooks’ hands. Even pre-made gluten-free crusts and pizzas can be problematic if the kitchens don’t have rigid gluten-free protocols in place. Kiki’s gluten-free deep dish pizza is packaged to reduce those burdens on the operator. The pizza is pre-baked and frozen and designed to reheat directly in its own pan. The pizza is only ever removed from the pan once it’s served to the consumer.