The Best Gluten Free Pizza Bases Ranked

It’s time for another best gluten free x ranked post. Ever since I found out I can’t eat gluten I’ve been trying all of the gluten free options trying all of the bad stuff and doing a round up of a different gluten free option every couple of months. Recently, I’ve been eating a lot of pizza for you guys. Life is a really struggle, I know… So, this is the best gluten free pizza bases ranked. I was pleasantly surprised that not many options contained egg, which is a big problem with gluten free bread if you’re vegan. Out of all of the gluten free pizza bases Ocado had to offer, only one contained egg – which I didn’t think was too bad.  

All of these options were purchased from Ocado, a few of them are available from most supermarkets, but I found that Ocado had the most options to choose from. To keep things fair, I’ve tried all of these with the same sundried tomato and red pepper sauce and topped them all with roughly the same toppings.  

I had already tried and done a dedicated review (it wasn’t great) on the BFree one quite a long time ago, but I decided to try it again to feature in this post just in case my thoughts on it or the recipe itself had changed.  

Pizza Bases, Not Pizzas? 

I’m afraid so. Most vegan cheese is coconut oil based and, I’ve mentioned this before so I’m sorry if anyone is sick of hearing about it, but anything coconut gives me awful cystic acne. My skin is dry and not at all acne prone, coconut is the only thing that does it, so it’s not worth it. If anyone knows of any good vegan rice/ soy/ cashew based cheeses, please let me know! 

Best Gluten Free Pizza Bases Ranked  

The White Rabbit The Nudies 

I think this one might be the best, and it’s week one which is problematic. But this is the only one cooked from fresh, the dough looks good and I have high hopes. This one takes no prep, remove from the packaging 10-15 prior to putting it in the oven and bake for 10 minutes.  

Verdict: the fresh dough really does taste fresh, and this doesn’t taste gluten free at all. It’s delicious, would definitely repurchase. The crust is ‘normal’ as in not thin and crispy and not overly thick either. Can fully support the weight of the toppings when sliced, looks good, tastes good –very happy. 

Price: £3.50 for a pack of two bases (on offer for £2.80 at the time I purchased) 

Taste 5/5 – this is the closest I’ve had to a real tasting pizza in years. It doesn’t taste GF at all. 

Convenience – 5/5 

Value – 5/5 

Guys, so I don’t turn into a pizza, I’m trying one base a week for 5/6 weeks until I’ve tried all Ocado has to offer. It’s week one and I think this could be the one. You see the struggle… 

Schar  

I didn’t know what to think of this one. I’ve said before that Schar are to the GF world what Alpro are to the DF world. For those who don’t know, that means mass market, available at every supermarket. Everywhere.

Part of me thought this would taste good but ever so slightly plastic. The rest of me thought it would be a bit like the Deli Style bread, taste great but be full of ingredients you can’t read and deep down know you shouldn’t be eating.  

This one goes straight in a preheated oven for 8-10 minutes and the finished product tastes pretty good. I definitely think I can taste that it isn’t fresh compared to the one from week one, but as far a prepacked pizza base goes, it doesn’t taste gluten free either.  

Price: £3.09 for a pack of two bases 

Taste 4/5 – tastes good but loses one point for not being as fresh as the last one. 

Convenience – 5/5 

Value 5/5 – despite not being quite as good as the last one, this is the cheapest of all of the ones featured in this post and it still tastes really good.  

Dough It Yourself 2 Artisan Thin Crust Gluten Free Pizza Bases 

I was worried about this one. These are the most expensive by a long way. And it looks the least appetising in the box. Now, we’re not going to judge until it’s made, but this one is a part bake, and the instructions are a little different. This one only needs 5-6 minutes to cook, but it also says only apply 2-3tbsp of sauce to prevent the pizza getting soggy as it’s a thin crust. That doesn’t sound like much. It actually turned out to be enough.

This is the worst ‘pizza’ I’ve ever tried. Putting your toppings on a tortilla would yield a nicer crust than this one. Even if this one was a similar price to the others, this one would be really bad. Add in the fact it’s considerably more (double what week one cost on offer) and it makes it far worse. Don’t even be tempted to try this one, I definitely would never repurchase this, even if the others weren’t available. 

Price: £5.50 for a pack of two bases. 

Taste 1/5 – it doesn’t taste like bread, dough or even have a nice crisp to it. Awful. 

Convenience – 5/5 

Value – 1/5 – it’s the most expensive and tastes far worse than any of the others.  

BFree Stonebaked Pizza Bases  

 

I’m actually glad I tried this one again as it was nicer than I remembered it being. However, the box says cook for 10-15 minutes. I gave mine 8 and they were fully done and would have definitely burnt if I’d given it the full time. Which sounded familiar from last time. I’m almost certain those ones had about 11 minutes and were already burnt. Probably why I wasn’t a fan.  

Although it does taste better than I remembered, it’s definitely not as good as the first two, and it’s the same price as week 1 and takes roughly the same time. So, it’s not taking any prizes there. BFree, however, is a really commonly found brand in most UK supermarkets. I’ve seen these on the shelves in a few places, including my small town Co-op. So, if you find this and it’s the only option, it’s still enjoyable as long as you ignore the cooking instructions.  

Price £3.50 for two pizza bases 

Taste 3.5/5 – I don’t like giving half stars but 3 alone felt a little harsh, but it’s definitely not as good as week 2.  

Convenience – 4/5. This is one of the quickest, but you need to watch it carefully so that it doesn’t burn.  

Value – 3/5. The same price as week 1 but week one tastes better and is fresh dough. However, it’s about the average price for GF pizza bases. 

Isabel’s Gluten Free Pizza Base Mix 

 

Ladies and gents, this one felt like a big fat con. Price wise, this one looked like it was going to be the most affordable as it’s the same price as the others but you get enough mix to make 4 bases. When I saw this was a mix, I assumed you’d need to add some water or vegan milk and maybe a bit of baking powder and the dough would be good to go.  

I was wrong.  

You need to add baking powder, vegan milk, olive oil and mashed sweet potato. Adding mashed potato means you also need to cook the sweet potato. Then the icing on the cake was realising this also needed to be kneaded. And after all of that, the base needs 10 minutes to cook before adding the toppings and cooking for a further 15. So, this one is scoring a solid 1 for convenience, and it’s no longer looking to great on price by the time you factor in the cost of everything else.  

It’s worth pointing out that vegan vegetable based pizzas aren’t hard to come by, and most of them only require some sort of flour and the vegetable, maybe with some oil or baking powder. But the flour alone will be cheaper than the mix if you’re still having to purchase the other ingredients. Losing even more points for affordability here.  

Despite the inconvenience, I was holding out hope that this might still taste good. I have mixed thoughts here. The actual base tasted good, but it wasn’t great as a pizza. It couldn’t support the weight of the toppings. It doesn’t really taste like pizza. But the actual base is nice. The crust around the edges tasted really good. I think if this was served alone as some sort of flatbread without the toppings, this has potential to be really enjoyable. But we’re supposed to be talking about pizza here.  

Price £3.49 for a pack that serves 4 pizzas 

Taste 3 or 4/5. It did taste good, but it wasn’t the right texture. But it could be the right texture as flatbread. So, the base itself is a 4, but it loses a point for being too floppy as a pizza.  

Convenience – 1/5 

Value – 2/5. It can be made cheaper without buying the mix with roughly the same amount of effort. 

The overall ranking 

5 Dough It Yourself 2 Artisan Thin Crust Gluten Free Pizza Bases

4 Isabel’s Gluten Free Pizza Base Mix 3

3 BFreeStonebaked Pizza Bases  

2 Schar GF Pizza Bases  

1 The White Rabbit The Nudies  

Have you tried any of these gluten free pizza bases? Do you agree with the final result?  

Until next time, 

Sophie 

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