• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Good For You Gluten Free

Living your best gluten-free life with celiac disease and gluten intolerance

  • View GoodForYouGlutenFree’s profile on Facebook
  • View g4uglutenfree’s profile on Twitter
  • View goodforyouglutenfree’s profile on Instagram
  • View goodforyouGF’s profile on Pinterest
  • View goodforyouglutenfree’s profile on YouTube
  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • About Good For You Gluten Free
    • FAQs
    • Events
    • Our Team
  • RECIPES
    • Appetizers
    • Breakfast
    • Bread
    • Desserts
    • Main Dishes
    • Pasta
  • ALL ARTICLES
    • Celiac Disease
    • Gluten-Free and Celiac News
    • Nima Tested
    • Eating Out
    • Health & Beauty
    • Products & Ingredients
  • COACHING
  • RESOURCES
    • Dear Gluten, It’s Not Me, It’s You
    • Ultimate Guide to Eating Out Gluten Free
    • Meal Plans
    • Giveaways
    • Safe Dining Card
    • Quick Start Guide
  • SHOP
  • CONTACT
    • SUBSCRIBE
  • COURSES
  • GLUTEN-FREE SUBSCRIPTION BOX
Home » Gluten-Free News & Information » Little Caesars Gluten-Free Pizza Not Suitable for People with Celiac Disease

Little Caesars Gluten-Free Pizza Not Suitable for People with Celiac Disease

Last Updated March 28, 2023. Published January 12, 2023 Good For You Gluten Free

Sharing is caring!

12 shares
  • Share
  • Email
Little Caesars Gluten-Free Pizza Not Suitable for People with Celiac Disease

While Little Caesars launched a gluten-free pizza option in 2022, the restaurant says its gluten-free pizza is unsuitable for people with celiac disease and gluten intolerance. This article includes everything you need to know about eating gluten-free at Little Caesars. This post may contain affiliate links. Please see my disclosures.

In January 2023, Little Caesars began testing gluten-free pizza in Colorado, making it the last of the big five pizza restaurants to launch a gluten-free option.

Currently, the gluten-free pizza option is not available nationwide, and Little Caesers has not returned any of my numerous inquiries to help me determine if it’s testing gluten-free pizza in other markets.

I suspect that should the test go well in Colorado, Little Caesars will launch its gluten-free pizza option in other cities nationwide.

Since I’m in Colorado, I can see a gluten-free crust option on the company’s online ordering system. The square-shaped, deep-dish gluten-free pepperoni pizza is listed for $8.99, and you can also select the gluten-free crust to build your own pizza.

Little Caesars’s Gluten-Free Pizza Is Not Suitable for People with Celiac Disease

As I began to order a gluten-free pizza online, a pop-up appeared that said, in a nutshell, that Little Caesars’ gluten-free pizza, like its predecessors, isn’t suitable for people with celiac disease. In this common genetic disorder, gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye, barley, and sometimes oats, triggers the immune system to mistakenly attack the tissue surrounding the small intestine.

It says, “We proudly make our wheat-based pizza dough fresh daily in each of our Little Caesars kitchens and are happy to now offer a gluten-free crust that does not contain wheat, rye, or barley. Since all of our fresh dough products are made in the same kitchen, there is potential for gluten exposure. Therefore, we do not recommend this pizza crust for customers with celiac disease.”

Just like Domino’s, Pizza Hut, Papa John’s, and Papa Murphy’s, Little Caesers is offering gluten-free pizza not suitable for people on a gluten-free diet. (Read: Restaurants that Don’t Recommend their Gluten-Free Pizza for People with Celiac Disease.)

I called a local restaurant to glean what information I could about how the gluten-free pizza would be prepared inside the restaurant. The person working at one of the Colorado-based Little Caesars told me the pizza is cooked inside a deep-dish pan. He said they’re the same pans for cooking both regular and gluten-free deep-dish pizzas.

He said he hadn’t received special training on preparing a gluten-free pizza and confirmed that everything is prepared in a shared prep area.

At first, I was tempted to order the pizza and test it for hidden gluten with my Nima Sensor, but I didn’t feel it would be safe for me, so I couldn’t bring myself to order it.

Are Little Caesars’ Chicken Wings Gluten Free?

I also inspected Little Caesars’ menu for other potential gluten-free options. According to the nutrition guide, the wings and dips don’t contain wheat; however, people with celiac disease and gluten intolerance should avoid the wings.

While the wings are baked, not fried, they’re baked in a shared oven alongside the pizzas, where gluten cross-contamination is high. I also understand that some Little Caesars restaurants offer breaded boneless wings, posing another cross-contamination threat.

If you want wings, I recommend making them yourself or finding a restaurant that specializes in gluten-free wings, like WingWok in Denver. (Remember, Wingstop wings are NOT gluten free.)

The Bottom Line

I cannot, in good conscience, recommend Little Caesers gluten-free pizza for people with celiac disease and gluten intolerance due to the high risk of gluten cross-contamination. The gluten-free community mustn’t support such restaurants, as it only encourages restaurants to create products the gluten-free community cannot safely enjoy.

Be sure to read Restaurants that Don’t Recommend their Gluten-Free Pizza for People with Celiac Disease for more details on how other pizza restaurants fail to properly produce a gluten-free pizza.

Additional Reading

  • What’s Gluten Free at Pizza Hut?
  • Is the Mellow Mushroom Gluten-Free Pizza Really Gluten Free?
  • Best Gluten-Free Frozen Pizza: Ranked and Tested
  • What’s Gluten-Free at California Pizza Kitchen
  • The Ultimate Guide to Eating Out Gluten Free

Filed Under: Eating Out & Restaurants, Gluten-Free News & Information, Pizza Leave a Comment

Reader Interactions

Leave a CommentCancel reply

Primary Sidebar

Welcome to Good For You Gluten Free

Hi, I'm Jenny Levine Finke and am passionate about the gluten-free lifestyle. I'm a certified integrative nutrition coach and self-taught expert on [most] gluten-free things. I have celiac disease and know the struggles you're going through first-hand. This is why I've dedicated this blog to serving the celiac and gluten sensitive communities with important information, product and restaurant reviews, and simple recipes I hope you'll love. Read More…

Read My Book!

Dear Gluten Book Cover

Download My Safe Dining Card

Free download - gluten-free safe dining card
Logos of publications that Good For You Gluten Free has been featured in

My Trending Blog Posts

  • Simple Two-Ingredient Gluten-Free Pasta Dough
    Simple Two-Ingredient Gluten-Free Pasta Dough
  • 200+ Foods You Can Eat on the Gluten-Free Diet
    200+ Foods You Can Eat on the Gluten-Free Diet
  • The Ultimate List of 25 Gluten-Free Cereals [Tested for Hidden Gluten]
    The Ultimate List of 25 Gluten-Free Cereals [Tested for Hidden Gluten]
  • Easy Gluten-Free Bread Recipe Using 1:1 Gluten-Free Flour
    Easy Gluten-Free Bread Recipe Using 1:1 Gluten-Free Flour
  • 5-Ingredient Gluten-Free Bagel Recipe
    5-Ingredient Gluten-Free Bagel Recipe
  • Monk Fruit Chocolate Chip Cookies Made with Almond Flour (Keto and Low-Carb)
    Monk Fruit Chocolate Chip Cookies Made with Almond Flour (Keto and Low-Carb)
  • 11 Things I Did to Put My Celiac Disease Into Remission
    11 Things I Did to Put My Celiac Disease Into Remission
  • Eating Gluten Free at Sonic Drive-In
    Eating Gluten Free at Sonic Drive-In
  • 23 Classic Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free Flour Recipes
    23 Classic Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free Flour Recipes
  • The 10 MOST Common Signs and Symptoms of Celiac Disease
    The 10 MOST Common Signs and Symptoms of Celiac Disease

Graduate of the:

Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach Badge

Before Footer

You may not reproduce or publish any content on Good For You Gluten Free without written consent.

Copyright © 2025 Good For You Gluten Free. All Rights Reserved.

  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • About Good For You Gluten Free
    • FAQs
    • Events
    • Our Team
  • RECIPES
    • Appetizers
    • Breakfast
    • Bread
    • Desserts
    • Main Dishes
    • Pasta
  • ALL ARTICLES
    • Celiac Disease
    • Gluten-Free and Celiac News
    • Nima Tested
    • Eating Out
    • Health & Beauty
    • Products & Ingredients
  • COACHING
  • RESOURCES
    • Dear Gluten, It’s Not Me, It’s You
    • Ultimate Guide to Eating Out Gluten Free
    • Meal Plans
    • Giveaways
    • Safe Dining Card
    • Quick Start Guide
  • SHOP
  • CONTACT
    • SUBSCRIBE
  • COURSES
  • GLUTEN-FREE SUBSCRIPTION BOX
  • Blog
  • Disclosures & Disclaimers
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Contact Us