When you’re hungry, there’s truly nothing more satisfying than a hot, fresh pizza. With that said, traditional pizzas don’t always offer the best nutritional values, and therefore looking for healthier pizza options is natural. For many of us, a healthier diet is adding in more complex carbohydrates, vegetables, and fresh foods, while leaving out the processed bits — something that we’ve mastered here at Fresh Brothers with our diverse menu. Additionally, some people seek a healthier lifestyle through low-carb diets. Some low-carb diets are simply lower in carbohydrates than others, while the more extreme keto diet requires less than 50 grams of carbohydrates per day. At Fresh Brothers, we offer many types of pizza crusts to fit any individual’s needs or dietary preferences, including low-carb options. A question we receive quite often is if our cauliflower pizza crust falls into that category. Let’s find out!

What Is in Cauliflower Pizza Crust?

Our cauliflower pizza crust was designed to be gluten-free and add an extra serving of vegetables to your pizza. Because it’s gluten-free, our cauliflower pizza crust is popular amongst those with sensitivities to gluten or those diagnosed with celiac disease. Our cauliflower pizza crust is made with rice, potato, and seasonings. It is completely devoid of wheat, barley, rye, or crosses of those grains.

The Nutrition Facts of Cauliflower Pizza Crust

To truly understand our cauliflower pizza crust, examining the nutrition facts is essential. Our nutrition facts are measured out for a serving size of two pieces, which is one-sixth of the pizza. In those two slices are 110 calories, 3 grams of protein, and 2.5 grams of fat, including 1.5 grams of saturated fat. As for carbs, cauliflower pizza crust comes in at 16 grams of carbohydrates. Compared to our deep dish, gluten-free, original, and skinny crusts, cauliflower crust is middle of the road for carbohydrates. It’s equivalent to a deep dish, which has 15 grams of carbohydrates. These are higher than our skinny crust’s 5 grams and our original crust’s 10 grams. Wondering where those carbs come from? While we cut out barley, rye, and other grain derivatives, our substitute ingredients of rice and potatoes are still high in carbs!

Cauliflower Crust Versus Keto Crust

When talking low-carb, bringing up keto is a must. Depending on your diet, 16 grams of carbohydrates in our cauliflower crust might not be too much. If it is though, we recommend our keto crust! It’s made with cauliflower rice and has a similar base to cauliflower crust in that regard. However, the rest of its recipe is made up of eggs, casein protein, and whey protein. Designed to have more protein and fat, our keto crust is great for avoiding carbs and feeling full.

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Whether cauliflower crust pizza fits your macros or not, we can all agree that it’s absolutely delicious. Plus, you can try it now by ordering a gluten-free crust with any medium-sized pizza or 7” personal pizza. A balanced diet has some days that include a few more carbs, and other days where protein, fat, and lots of vegetables take over; plan your week so that you can always enjoy the Fresh Brothers favorites you love. Feeling hungry yet? Us too! Order Fresh Brothers online now and have it delivered in no time. 

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Fresh Brothers is known for our diverse menu that offers dietary alternatives for everyone, whether they’re vegetarian, vegan, keto, or gluten free. We’re often asked if our alternatives pack all the same nutrients as our regular menu items. Today, we’re addressing if gluten-free pizzas are good for you! Read on to see why people go gluten free, potential health benefits, and information about our gluten-free pizzas!

Reasons for Being Gluten-Free

Gluten-free is a diet that is free of the protein gluten, which is found in most grains. You’ll find gluten to be the main protein of grains like wheat, barley, and rye. The most common foods with gluten include bread, pasta, cereal, crackers, seasoning mixes, desserts, and drinks like beer or ale.

Gluten Allergy

Gluten allergy refers to a chronic condition called celiac disease. When people with celiac disease consume gluten, their immune system becomes activated and will damage their body. 

Gluten Intolerance or Sensitivity

Some people don’t have celiac disease, but find that consuming gluten gives them gastrointestinal and digestive problems. 

Gluten Ataxia

Gluten ataxia is an autoimmune disorder. When those with gluten ataxia consume gluten, it affects certain nerve tissue and may create muscle control problems. Ultimately, consuming gluten for these individuals may worsen their voluntary muscle movement, so it’s important to abide by a gluten-free diet!

Gluten Preferences

There are many people who choose not to consume gluten for personal reasons. Maybe they have loved ones at home that are allergic to it, and choose to cut it from their own diet to reduce the presence of an allergen in their home.

Health Benefits to Being Gluten-Free

Research is still being conducted on if gluten-free diets provide a significant health benefit for those without gluten sensitivities. Gluten-free diets may be effective for weight loss, improved gut health, heightened athletic performance, and better overall health. These statements need some more scientific backing, but it’s certainly possible that gluten-free options could provide additional health benefits. As always, talk to your doctor before trying an entirely gluten-free diet. With that said, you can definitely try a gluten-free pizza without any adverse effects no matter your diet!

So, Are Gluten-Free Pizzas Healthy?

Yes! Although for some, the difference may be negligible between gluten-free pizza and pizza made with normal dough. The benefits to gluten-free diets for those without necessary gluten avoidances are still being studied. However, for those that need to cut gluten from their diet, gluten-free pizzas are certainly a healthy option, and aren’t any less healthy than Fresh Brothers’ other nutritious pizza options!

Not only are our gluten-free pizzas healthy, but they taste extraordinarily similar to “normal” crust and are nearly identical in nutritional value. Made with rice, potato, and seasonings, our gluten-free crust mirrors the consistency and taste of crust with gluten without the grain protein that affects those sensitive to gluten.

Fresh Brothers’ Gluten-Free Menu

Fresh Brothers is proud to offer many of our menu entrees in gluten-free variants. Our gluten-free pizza crust can be applied to any 7” personal pizza or medium-sized pizza. All of our signature pizzas can be switched to gluten-free, and nearly all of our delicious toppings are naturally gluten-free. If you’re looking to add to your gluten-free Fresh Brothers meal, try grabbing a salad or some chicken! All of our signature salads can be made gluten-free upon request. Our boneless bites made gluten-free are coated in potato crust, still baked just like our other chicken items. To check out our gluten-free options, peruse our menu online, or order Fresh Brothers online now!

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Cheese is a universally-loved food, and it’s one of the reasons we all adore pizza so much. Just like the rest of Fresh Brothers’ menu, we offer traditional pizzas plus those made with dietary alternatives – including vegan cheese! Vegan cheese is usually made from soy, nuts, vegetable oils, and various other natural ingredients like peas or arrowroot. Vegan cheese is seen as a healthier alternative to cheese by some, and may reduce your risk of heart disease due to its lower content of fat. It’s also a tasty substitute for traditional cheeses for those who engage in veganism, stricter vegetarian diets, or simply dairy-free lifestyles. Read on to see common sources of vegan cheese, how it’s made, what it tastes like, and why we use it!

Some Common Sources of Vegan Cheese

There are quite a few ways to make vegan cheese, and each has its own benefits and flavor profile. 

Soy and Tofu

Soy is one of the most common ingredients for plant-based cheese. Soy is derived from soybeans, which are legumes native to East Asia. Vegan cheese is often made with tofu, or another form of soy proteins.

Nuts and Seeds

Tree nuts and seeds are another popular base for vegan cheese. A lot of people use them to make vegan cheese at home due to their availability in every grocery store. Nut and seed-based cheese is typically fermented with extra probiotic cultures, and has nutritional yeast or flavorings added. Some common nuts and seeds used for vegan cheese are almonds, cashews, sunflower seeds, macadamia nuts, pecans, and pumpkin seeds.

Tapioca

Tapioca starch and flour are great for vegan cheeses. Tapioca is the starch extracted from cassava plants’ roots, often used as a thickener and texture-adder in soups, stews, gravies, and baked goods. Tapioca gives cheese stretchy, melty properties, and even allows it to brown like you see pizza cheese do when baked.

Coconut

Coconut comes in a few forms, and coconut milk, cream, and oil are all often used for vegan cheeses. It’s high fat, which allows it to mimic the creamy, dense characteristics of cheese. Of course, coconut doesn’t taste much like cheese, so added flavoring is needed!

How Is Vegan Cheese Made? (And How Does It Taste?)

Vegan cheese is made through somewhat similar steps to traditional cheese-making. First, it’s necessary to separate out plant proteins from overall plant matter, with the plant protein sources from one of the foods above. Most commonly, bacteria is used to separate out the plant proteins. Then, thickening agents, oils, and other ingredients are added to help create a more cheese-like consistency. These added ingredients also improve the taste and, later, the fermenting steps. Just like normal cheese, the vegan cheese process requires giving the cheese time to sit, which allows bacteria to break down the plant protein even further.

Vegan cheese comes in many styles, just like normal cheese! You’ll find it as cream cheese, blocks of cheese, soft spreadable cheese, grated cheese, cheese dips, and of course, shredded cheese. Shredded cheese is what we use for our pizzas, giving them a traditional look and texture.

Vegan cheese tastes great, and recent advancements have allowed vegan cheese to melt, ooze, and bubble just like normal cheese. It’s coming closer each and every day to more traditional tasting cheese, and some people can hardly tell the difference!

Choose Vegan Cheese Options From Fresh Brothers

Our menu supports a whole range of pizza options, plus vegan alternatives for all of our other menu offerings. We make our pizzas with Daiya’s shredded vegan mozzarella, and have plenty of vegan-friendly toppings too! When you stop by Fresh Brothers, you’re choosing fresh, healthy meals for the whole family, no matter their dietary preferences. Order online now!

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There’s a huge misconception that pizza is off the menu for those on a diet; it doesn’t matter the type of diet or restrictions, pizza is viewed as a non-option. Fresh Brothers is here to turn that notion on its head! Our inclusive menu just so happens to contain our signature keto crust, the best way to enjoy pizza while sticking to a keto diet. Read on to learn more about what keto is, why people go keto, and what our keto menu choices are!

What Is a Keto Diet?

“Keto” is short for the ketogenic diet. The keto diet is a low-carb, high-fat diet. It’s different from other low-carb diets in that it’s also high-fat, while some low-carb diets are more protein-heavy. The ketogenic diet strives to achieve a state of ketosis in those who participate in it, eating low or no carbs until molecules called ketones build up in the bloodstream. From there, the body chooses to break down fat to use as energy as opposed to stored sugars.

Why Do People Choose Keto?

There are many reasons a person may choose any diet, and keto is no exception. Some people choose keto for necessary health and wellness reasons, while many do it to change their weight. There’s also quite a bit of anecdotal evidence that the ketogenic diet can help ease the symptoms of children experiencing epilepsy, particularly refractory epilepsy, when traditional pharmaceutical treatments are proving to be ineffective. While they’re not sure why, it tends to reduce the number of seizures these pediatric patients experience in about half of the cases.

How Fresh Brothers Provides Keto Diet Options

Fresh Brothers puts having dietary options for everyone first. Our menu is constantly evolving to include more options so that every person can enjoy pizza, even when they’re keto! We know it’s hard to find pizza when you’re keto, let alone any bread-based meals at all, which is why we created our keto crust. 

Fresh Brothers keto crust is made with cauliflower rice supplemented with eggs, casein, and whey protein. The cauliflower rice works to mimic traditional wheat flours, the additional ingredients for texture and nutrition, and then, of course, all of our house spices are added! Our keto crust can be applied to any of our signature pizza options in size medium, or chosen as the base to your own customizable pie, all for just 6 grams of carbohydrates. This stays far below the maximum carbohydrate daily allowance of 50 grams that the keto diet recommends. Combine this crust with our all-natural toppings packed with protein and healthy fats for a delicious meal that won’t break your macros! 

We’re Committed to Pizza for All

At Fresh Brothers, we make pizza for all. Beyond our keto options, we also offer pizza for a variety of other specialty diets, like for those who are gluten-free, vegetarian, vegan, and more! Fresh Brothers is the perfect pizza to please the whole family. Feeling hungry after reading so much about pizza? We totally understand. You can view our menu here, or start an order at your nearest Fresh Brothers by clicking here. With over 20 locations, the closest keto pizza is never far from you!

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Pizza lovers, you can rejoice! Before we go any further, we’ll just say: yes! Pizza can absolutely be healthy. While traditional pizzas are known for being loaded with excess fat, sodium, and calories, our pizza fits your nutrition goals without losing any of its awesome taste. Read on to see how our ingredients make every Fresh Brothers pizza both filling and nutritious. 

How Our Healthy Pizza Ingredients Stack Up

Fresh Brothers pizza isn’t just healthy as a whole, but healthy on every level! See how the ingredients on our menu stack up compared to traditional options.

Our Healthy Dough

Fresh Brothers dough is made each and every day, completely fresh. We never pre-make dough, nor do we ever freeze it, because doing so would require the use of unhealthy preservatives. Not only that, but freezing it causes a lack of taste and texture!

Our Healthy Sauce

Our signature sauce comes from a family-owned farm in Salinas, California. For generations, they’ve been growing perfect tomatoes raised in the most natural conditions possible. This sauce isn’t just locally-sourced and tasty, but made from tomatoes picked fresh off the vine and free of preservatives. 

Our Healthy Cheese

Pizza cheese is known for being overloaded with sodium and preservatives, which is why we made an effort to avoid both as much as possible. Our mozzarella is 100%, well, mozzarella! You won’t find any unnatural flavors, dyes, or additives here. It’s high-quality cheese from high-quality milk, farmed from the happiest cows we could find in Wisconsin.

Our Healthy Meat Toppings

Much like cheese, traditional pizza toppings can be filled with things generally not classified as “meat.” Our meat topping options are all-natural, free of additives, fillers, and preservatives, including things like uncured, nitrate-free pepperoni and ethically-sourced chicken.

Our Healthy Veggies and More

Our other topping options are equally fresh, because that’s how vegetables and fruits should be! It’s easy to make a pizza healthy by adding spinach, broccoli, peppers, mushrooms, and more.

Our Healthy Dietary Alternatives

In addition to using only good-for-you ingredients, Fresh Brothers has a multitude of menu options that fit unique dietary restrictions and preferences. We understand that some dietary preferences are chosen for health reasons, and every alternative is just as healthy as our original versions. Our gluten-free menu gives those with celiac disease and gluten sensitivities access to pizza crust made without wheat, barley, rye, or any crosses of those grains. Instead, it’s made out of a rice and potato base! Vegetarians and vegans can enjoy many of our animal-free options, including pizzas topped with Daiya vegan mozzarella cheese, Impossible meatless meat, and UNCUT plant-based sausage. Plus, any signature style pizza can be turned vegetarian or vegan by holding any ingredients that don’t fit your dietary preferences. And if you’re concerned about the carbs in pizza, look no further than our keto crust. It’s made with cauliflower rice, eggs, casein, and whey protein, and contains just 6 grams of carbohydrates. All of our dietary alternative crusts can be applied to most pizzas, including 7″ personal pizzas and signature styles.

Choose Fresh Brothers for Healthy Pizza

At Fresh Brothers, we’re committed to making sure that everyone has delicious, healthy pizza options, no matter their dietary preferences or restrictions. From our signature pizzas to create-your-own pies, you can rest assured that we don’t use any processed ingredients. With pizza this good for you, you’ll feel like it was made from scratch – because it was! Order now to get delicious, healthy pizza.

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Veganism is a diet where people do not consume any animal products. This includes the obvious stuff – like meat – but also includes a variety of more subtle ingredients, like cheese, gelatin, and coloring agents made from animals. Seeing as one of the main ingredients to pizza is cheese, it can be hard to find a vegan pizza! Luckily, all it takes is getting the right cheese substitute and some meatless toppings. Read on to see how we’ve perfected our vegan pizza option.

Vegan Crust and Naturally-Vegan Sauce

Our vegan crust is devoid of any animal products, and serves as the base of our pizza. Our tomato sauce is hand-picked from family-owned farms, always made fresh and without preservatives. Because we made natural ingredients a priority, there’s no need for anything animal-related in this sauce; it’s just tomatoes! Together, our vegan crust and naturally-vegan sauce provide the perfect start to a vegan pizza.

Daiya Cheese

Daiya is a company known for their wide range of diet-friendly products, and they’re most famous for their dairy-free mozzarella cheese, which is what we use on our vegan pizzas! It’s not easy finding the perfect vegan cheese, but Daiya was the obvious choice. It’s not only tasty and healthy, but also looks and feels like real cheese when cooked. It even stretches, bubbles, and oozes! You can learn more about Daiya in this blog, which spotlights all the reasons we adore their products.

Impossible Meat

Impossible is a company that has been making meatless options for a while. What makes them so special is that their authentic meatless meat is made with heme. Heme contains iron, and is what gives foods a “meaty” taste. While heme is found naturally in animal meat, it can also be derived from plants! It’s so good that vegans and non-vegans alike add it as a topping to their pizza. If you’re looking to learn more about Impossible meat, check out our blog on it!

Uncut Plant-Based Sausage

UNCUT has been a pioneer in plant-based meats, and is the world’s first 100% plant-based Italian sausage available. This tasty topping looks, cooks, and tastes just like freshly ground sausage.

Vegan Pepperoni

We recently added vegan pepperoni to our menu, made with soy protein and without any animal-based ingredients! It’s a classic topping, made with a vegan twist.

Our Other Vegan Options

Pizza isn’t the only vegan option Fresh Brothers serves! Our Vegan “chicken” tenders are made entirely without animal products, and baked, not fried, just like our other tender options. Additionally, any of our signature salads can be made vegan upon request! Just ask, and we’ll hold anything that’s not vegan just for you.

Why Go Vegan?

There are a lot of reasons people go vegan! Many understand that raising livestock, fishing in large quantities, and other animal processes can be detrimental to the environment, and become vegan to lower their carbon footprint. Others care about animal welfare, and eat vegan to avoid eating animals. Some people even go vegan just for the health benefits! Learn more about our vegan ingredients and why people go vegan here.

Why Fresh Brothers Serves Vegan Pizza

At Fresh Brothers, we put dietary diversity first because we believe that everyone deserves to eat great pizza. We’re proud to have such a wide variety of vegan options available, and we’re always expanding our menu to include more options for everyone. Not only do we have vegan choices, but our dietary alternatives extend to gluten free, vegetarian, and keto meals too. Order now, or check out our full menu here!

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On National Nurses Day, we decided to treat our local nurses to food that fuels – Fresh Brothers’ pizza! We paired up with national sports figures, each sponsoring a different local hospital. With every donation, we matched it, giving those on the frontline working overtime a meal to honor their incredibly hard work. Read more about the awesome athletes involved and our impact on QSR Magazine’s site.

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As an essential business, Fresh Brothers is proud to continue serving our local communities with more than just fresh, delicious pizza made with real ingredients. Spectrum News 1 helped share the celebration of National Superhero Day, where we offered 20% off orders to all of the heroes in our lives – from first responders to parents currently homeschooling their children! Check out the full clip here.

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April 28th was National Superhero Day, and we at Fresh Brothers wanted to extend our deepest gratitude to the first responders, healthcare workers, public works employees, and more that help keep our communities safe! We offered discounts on carryout orders, making it extra easy to treat a superhero in your life to a pizza made with the fresh ingredients necessary to fuel their heroic work. Read more about our Superhero-themed celebrations on NBC Los Angeles’ site.

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You already know Fresh Brothers for our variety of savory, signature pizzas, and among them is our Da Works. Our Da Works pizza especially stands out from the rest, and is one of our pizzas with the most toppings. While it’s usually made with sausage and pepperoni, Fresh Brothers’ unwavering commitment to dietary alternatives means we have a vegan version too. Our vegan Da Works pizza is among one of our most popular vegetarian and vegan options, and given all that’s on it, we’re not surprised! Read on to explore exactly what goes into making a vegan Da Works pizza, and what makes it so special.

What’s On Our Vegan Da Works

Our Vegan Da Works pizza starts with a base of vegan crust and (naturally) vegan tomato sauce.

Daiya Mozzarella

Daiya is a company that provides dietary alternatives for a variety of foods, and though they are famous for all of their products, most notable is their vegan cheese. Daiya is not only vegan, but also free of common allergens including artificial colors, preservatives, faux flavoring, gluten, peanuts, soy, and more. We choose Daiya not just because of its vegan status, but also because it melts and oozes – just like real cheese! In fact, we love Daiya for so many reasons that we wrote a whole blog post about it. If you missed our feature that dives into everything Daiya, you can view it here.

Plant-Based Pepperoni

Our plant-based pepperoni is all the pepperoni goodness you love, made without any animal products. It’s made with soy protein, rice flour, and a combination of our signature spices that give it a smoky and bold flavor worth talking about. Each serving of plant-based pepperoni packs eight grams of protein, making it a delicious and nutritious option. In fact, our plant-based pepperoni is such a great topping that VegOut LA wrote an article highlighting it! Give it a read here.

Impossible Sausage

Impossible makes what are traditionally animal products with ingredients derived from plants. There’s a molecule called heme in it, which is the iron-containing compound that gives meat its signature taste – a taste often referred to as “umami.” We have a blog post on our Impossible meats too, which can be read here.

Veggies

Toppings like these give our Da Works pizzas the crunch, freshness, and flavor we so love, and a Vegan Da Works pizza wouldn’t be complete without them. Healthy additions like the mushrooms, green peppers, and onions found in Da Works are what tie all of the flavors together!

Try It Now With Fresh Brothers

There’s no reason to miss out on delicious options like Vegan Da Works, and our dietary alternative pizzas make it easy to feed the whole family. Beyond vegan, Fresh Brothers is proud to offer vegetarian, gluten-free, and keto menu items, including things like our gluten-free breaded and baked chicken tenders and our low-carb keto crust. Order Fresh Brothers today all things fresh, available for delivery or pick-up. Now’s the time to take advantage of our new Curbside Concierge service, where we bring your order right to your car when you arrive, or Contactless Delivery, where we leave your order in a specified location like your doorstep!

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