What’s Gluten-Free at Pizza Hut?

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You may not realize this, but more than 2,100 Pizza Hut restaurants carry certified gluten-free pizza.

This is exciting news for the gluten-free community, as it appears that Pizza Hut is trying hard to do gluten-free right unlike their competitors – Domino’s, Papa Murphy’s and Papa John’s – which offer gluten-free options that are UNSAFE for those with celiac disease and who are serious about avoiding gluten.

While it upsets me that so many pizza places offer gluten-free options that aren’t serious about avoiding cross contact with gluten, the bright light is that Pizza Hut is doing it right.

Pizza Hut is careful.

I know this to be true because I went to Pizza Hut today and tested the pizza for gluten using my Nima Sensor. The Nima Sensor is a portable gluten-detecting device.

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I put a small portion of the pizza inside the Nima Sensor test capsule and the Nima Sensor came back all smiles! (A smiley face means it’s gluten-free, a “Gluten Found” message means Nima found gluten.)

You can watch my Facebook Live test below (I lost connection midway through – so watch Part I first, then Part II):

Now I’d like to share a bit more about the safe practices in place that make eating gluten-free at Pizza Hut a little safer for those of us on strict gluten-free diet.

The Crust: 

Pizza Hut’s gluten-free pizza is made with Udi’s certified gluten-free crust and select Pizza Hut gluten-free toppings. The crust is stored in a separate container and on a separate shelf in the fridge. Each crust is 10″ and is cut into eight slices. It serves 1-2 people.

Udi’s gluten-free crust includes the following ingredients: Water, Tapioca Starch, Brown Rice Flour, Canola Oil, Egg Whites, Dried Cane Syrup, Tapioca Syrup, Tapioca Maltodextrin, Salt, Xanthan Gum, Yeast, Cultured Corn Syrup Solids And Citric Acid (Mold Inhibitor), Enzymes.

The Toppings:

The cheese, marinara sauce and pepperoni are stored in a separate gluten-free designated area. As you know, a lot of cross contamination exists when the pizza makers are grabbing at the same cheese and same sauces to make the regular pizza as the GF pizza.

The Process:

Every gluten-free pizza at Pizza Hut is freshly baked on designated parchment paper in the oven. Because the ovens are shared with the gluten-full pizzas, there is always a risk of cross contact with gluten even if precautions are taken. 

Team members who make the gluten-free pizza know to wear gloves and use a designated gluten-free pizza cutter to cut the pizza to minimize the chance of cross contact between the regular pizzas and the gluten-free pizzas.