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    Is California Pizza Kitchen Gluten-Free?

    Reviewed and edited by a celiac disease expert.

    Wondering if California Pizza Kitchen gluten-free? Here's the lowdown.

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    Celiac.com 07/30/2021 (Revised 08/10/2021) - We get a lot of questions from celiac community members wondering if certain brands and products are gluten-free. One question we see a lot is about pizza. 

    Recent news that California Pizza Kitchen has introduced an optional gluten-free chickpea crust for their pizzas has a lot of people asking: is California Pizza Kitchen gluten-free? Is California Pizza Kitchen safe for people with celiac disease? 

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     The short answer is no, California Pizza Kitchen may not be regarded as a safe gluten-free eating choice for people with celiac disease. 

    California Pizza Kitchen’s certified gluten-free Chickpea Pizza Crust will be available in Southern California in the following locations: Huntington Beach, Lakewood, Long Beach Marketplace, Manhattan Beach, Marina Del Rey, Rainbow Harbor (Long Beach), Redondo Beach, Rolling Hills, and Santa Monica. It will also be available throughout Florida, including: Boca Raton, Coconut Point, Fort Lauderdale, International Plaza (Tampa), Millenia Mall (Orlando), Naples, Palm Beach Gardens, Pembroke Lakes Mall, Sarasota, Sawgrass Mills, Waterford Lakes, and Wellington Green.

    With this introduction, guests can now choose from four crusts, including Original Hand-Tossed, Crispy Thin, Cauliflower, and Chickpea, satisfying any palette. California Pizza Kitchen calls the chickpea crust a "perfect option for gluten sensitive guests or anyone looking for CPK pizza taste with added health benefits."

    Their gluten-free pizzas, however, are cooked in the same ovens as the regular pizzas, but are put in foil to avoid cross-contamination, so super sensitive celiacs may want to avoid them.

    If you have celiac disease or gluten-intolerance definitely beware of the gluten-free language being tossed around. It's nearly impossible to guarantee a gluten-free pizza when it's made in a traditional pizza kitchen. And California Pizza Kitchen is not claiming their final product is safe for people with celiac disease.

    Meantime, if reading this makes you hungry for a good gluten-free pizza, try one of these top brands of gluten-free frozen pizzas on your next shopping trip.

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    RMJ

    Has something changed?  I haven’t been there since the pandemic started, but they used to have Certified Gluten Free  pizzas with a cauliflower crust which I’ve eaten many times with no problems.  They don’t make the dough for their regular pizzas in house so there isn’t flour flying around in the air. The gluten free pizzas are prepared in a separate area, put on foil for cooking, and cut with a separate cutter.

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    On 7/30/2021 at 11:52 AM, RMJ said:

    Has something changed?  I haven’t been there since the pandemic started, but they used to have Certified Gluten Free  pizzas with a cauliflower crust which I’ve eaten many times with no problems.  They don’t make the dough for their regular pizzas in house so there isn’t flour flying around in the air. The gluten free pizzas are prepared in a separate area, put on foil for cooking, and cut with a separate cutter.

    I agree with the above question! My local CPK offers certified as they DO have a dedicated prep area so this article is confusing for me. Maybe it meant the chickpea crust is not cooked in the dedicated gluten-free area?

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    Scott Adams

    I will have to double check this. I think the we were being cautious because of potential cross-contamination. Do you know if they use separate ovens to cook the GF pizzas?

     

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    RMJ

    They do not use separate ovens.  The certified gluten-free pizzas are put on a piece of foil before going into the oven. Their regular pizza dough is not made in house, so there isn’t flour floating around.

    I don’t know anything about their chick pea crust.

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    Guest Jix

    My wife is the most sensitive celiac sufferer and she had no problem with the gluten free pizza offered at CPK (Anaheim, CA)

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    Scott Adams

    We revised this article today, however, since it is still made in a kitchen that makes regular pizzas, and is cooked in ovens with regular pizzas, we left this as not safe for celiacs.

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