FIGARO’S PIZZA LAUNCHES GLUTEN-FREE CRUST
FIGARO’S PIZZA LAUNCHES GLUTEN-FREE CRUST
Figaro’s Pizza is proud to announce their menu item addition of a gluten-free crust and the country’s first gluten-free take & bake alternative. The gluten-free crust attracts a variety of customers. Many choose it due to an allergic reaction to gluten and others because it is a healthier alternative to other crusts. Although Figaro’s are not fully gluten-free environments, this new crust and all toppings (with the exception of the picante bean sauce) are gluten-free.
Many people aren’t really sure what it will taste like and therefore are nervous to order it, however those that have are pleasantly surprised. “It was surprisingly good. I didn’t know what to expect,” says a Figaro’s Pizza customer trying the crust for the first time. It has a good flavor and is very filling.
The gluten-free crust is available in medium and may be purchased as a baked or take & bake product. The crust is thinner than our Original crust, but not as crunchy as our thin. It bakes up very well in both Figaro’s and customers’ ovens.
For more information or to order a gluten-free crust of your own, please contact your local Figaro’s Pizza, or for a listing of all locations go to www.figaros.com.
Founded in 1981, Salem, Oregon-based Figaro’s Pizza has been recognized as “the best pizza you can have at home.” Pizzas can be baked in the restaurant or taken home in oven ready baking trays for home baking. There are 4,000 topping combinations to choose from. Dependent upon location, other menu items may include lasagna, sandwiches, calzones, salads and soft drinks. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.figaros.com. Figaro’s Pizza restaurants are not gluten-free establishments.
The gluten free pizza crust is really very good! Thank you for thinking of us!!
My neighbor gets to have pizza for the first time in 5 years thanks to your gluten free crust. THANK YOU!
I LOVED it! Thank you so much for offering it. I was very surprised at how great it actually was!
This is great news! I recently discovered I can’t eat gluten any more, and I thought I would have to give up my favorite food: Pizza. We have a Figaro’s nearby, which is where we usually get our pizza, and I saw the “Gluten Free Pizza” sign in the window this morning. Now I can go back to eating Figaro’s pizzas!
This pizza is AWESOME! I have always been a big fan of thin crusts and now when my friends want to order pizza I can enjoy delivery pizza right along with them. Thank you for helping us “Glutards” feel more normal.
GF is good, but where is the list of other allergens (lactose, soy, corn, fish, etc.).
A PDF file would be good to find at your website.
We have a special page (under our menu tab) dedicated to our nutritional information. Feel free to also click here http://www.figaros.com/menu/nutritional-info/ where you will find a PDF file with an allergen statement included on each page.
An allergen statement doesn’t really help….can you at least provide a list of ingredients in the gluten-free crust for those of us who can’t eat egg, dairy, soy, etc.? Knowing if there’s anything we can eat at your restaurant would be really helpful.
Here is a list of ingredients in our Gluten Free Crust:
Rice Flour
Tapioca Flour
Potato Flour
Olive Oil
Sugar
Yeast
Salt
Water
Our Gluten Free Crusts are free of Dairy, Egg and Soy!
Thanks for your suggestions, we can only get better with customer input.
Thank you SOOOO much!!! You are a hero of those of us with food allergies!!
Thank you for offering GF pizza! I can now eat pizza again & am excited to try it this very weekend! From the positive responses above, I’m sure to enjoy it! I don’t see the sizes & prices (but will look once more.)
I do wonder why all pizza restaurants don’t offer more than 1 size, as well as side items sucj as cheesy bread, calzones, etc. Why not be a leader in the pizza chains & offer 100% GF crusts (of all sizes) as well as 100% GF cheesy bread, sandwiches, etc? Not only is GF healthy, but it CAN’T harm those who can eat GF.Figaro’s could offer healthy meals for all! I’m sure the public would appreciate being able to order GF in large sizes (for whole family/group & accompanying sides for all1 )My family & friends can attest it would be easier & they surely wouldn’t mind eating GF pizza & sides if only it were offered so that we could all order it in larger sizes & that it’s hardly fair to pay double what a regular pizza cost! Thanks for listening & especially for recognizing those of us with GF diets!! I’m looking forward to your GF pizza this weekend! Please don’t take my comments as complaints, but only suggestions that would benefit everyone as well as put Figaro’s on a larger scale map! May God Bless you All!
Jan
We are happy that you are happy! We are very proud of our GF crust and it has been received with rave reviews. My guess is that most of the other folks offering GF options face some of the same constraints we do and that’s why you typically see GF offered in one size. The GF products have come a long way but they are still very expensive for us to purchase. We do not make any extra profit on our GF crusts, we only pass along the hard costs. The good news is that I’ve not seen costs increasing too much but I have seen quality improve greatly. They’ve come along way from the first products we experimented with and the product we have now is very comparable to regular pizza crust!
Although demand is growing, there’s not yet enough demand to offer GF options for every menu item. As the market changes believe me, we will respond because as small business people our futures are absolutely tied to our business.
Rick Glenn, President
Are your GF pizzas baked on the same surface as wheat pizzas? This is really important for those of us who have a very low tolerance to wheat. Bought a GF pizza from a store (not Figaro’s) and still got sick because of cross contamination. I can just imagine biting ino a hot cheesy slice. Thanks.
Simone
We go to every effort to avoid cross contamination and we do use separate screens for gluten free crusts while they are in the oven. However, we are not a gluten free facility and the likelihood of some small amount of regular flour being in the air and throughout the store is very high.
For the most part we’re able to satisfactorily serve most customers a gluten free product that works for them. However, if your sensitivity is that great I’d be very concerned as to whether we can take care of your needs. I wish there were a way to test short of trying one!
Rick Glenn, President