Embarking on a keto diet these days isn’t as hard as it used to be thanks to more chain restaurants offering low-carb options on their menus. As the diet becomes more popular, it’s no wonder Blaze Pizza launched a new keto crust for everyone who counts their carbs.
Before you head for the door with your car keys and wallet, you might want to know exactly what goes into the Blaze keto crust. Read our keto fast food and takeout guide for more low carb options on the road.
Here, we review the ingredients to make sure there aren’t any sneaky carbs lurking in the dough, and do a taste test in the video below so you know if it’s worth your money.
Need to Know Before You Go
This isn’t your typical cheese crust or fathead dough that are high in fat and contain almost no carbs at all.
The keto crust at Blaze is made with Cauliflower Rice, Low-Moisture Mozzarella Cheese, Casein Protein, Flaxseed, Eggs, Whey Protein, Yeast, Spices, and Cultured Brown Rice. You might have most of these ingredients in your kitchen right now, which is always something to look for when ordering takeout.
Things are off to a good start, but let’s clear up a few things and prepare you for your pizza.
Cultured Brown Rice? Is That Keto Friendly?
Many keto dieters ran the other way when they read the words “rice flour” or “brown rice” in ingredient lists, but you don’t necessarily have to. Sure, rice isn’t very keto-friendly, but let’s not forget – ketosis is a metabolic state that requires you to eat below 20-50g of carbohydrates a day.
It doesn’t matter whether your carbs come from spinach or brown rice, they all affect ketosis the same way. Count the carbs from the Blaze keto crust the same way you would any other meal. The cultured brown rice helps extends the shelf life in some dairy products.
Pro Tip: You can use clues to figure out how much of an ingredient is actually used in the crust. For example, brown rice is listed after yeast and spices on the ingredients list. This means there is less brown rice than there is yeast, which is likely not very much at all.
Watch Out for High-Carb Toppings
The keto crust is only available in 11- inch size and comes in at 5g of net carbs per pizza crust, but that’s before you’ve added sauce, meat, and veggies.
The Keto Pizza automatically comes with Spicy Red Sauce, Mozzarella, Bacon, Cherry Tomatoes, Mushrooms, and Spinach. With toppings included, you’re looking at 15g of net carbs, so if you’re looking to cut the carbs even more, ask for no tomatoes or no veggies all-together.
Carbs in Toppings
If you plan on getting creative with your order, customization is always an option. Here are the carb counts for all the Blaze toppings for an 11- inch pizza.
- Red Sauce: >1g carb
- White Sauce: 0g carb
- Various cheeses: 0-1g carb
- Artichoke: 0g carbs
- Kalamata Olives: 0g carbs
- Red Onion: 0g carb
- Spinach: 0g carb
- Roasted Butternut Squash: 1g carbs
- Mushrooms: 0g carbs
- Chopped Garlic: 1g carbs
- Arugula: 0g carbs
- Green Bell Peppers: 0g carbs
- Grilled Chicken: 0g carbs
- Banana Peppers: 0g carbs
- BBQ Drizzle: 1g carb
- Pesto Drizzle: 0g carbs
Gluten-Friendly
The crust is gluten-friendly which isn’t always a given with keto products. We repeat, gluten-free does not mean carb-free! You and your gut can rest assured knowing a few slices on a Friday isn’t going to ruin your night.
Only Available in 11- Inch Size
Unfortunately, the keto Blaze pizza only comes in the personal size and if you plan on feeding the whole family, you’ll have to buy several pizzas or consider making homemade. Here are a few of our favorite homemade keto pizza recipes you and your family need to try.
Macros for Blaze Keto Pizza
For an entire 11-inch Keto Pizza you’re looking at 910 calories, 50g fat, 83g protein, 25g total carbs, and 10g fiber. So go ahead, eat the entire pie on your own or save the other half as leftovers. Do what works for you and your macros (or your appetite).
What We Ordered
The Standard Keto Pizza:
When you start your online order and select the keto pizza it automatically populates with these options. Don’t think that these are the only options available to you though. Feel free to add and remove toppings to your liking. Just stick with the more keto friendly pizza toppings that we listed earlier in this blog post.
Our Blaze Keto Pizza Order:
We made a few simple modifications to the standard keto pizza for our order. We changed out the tomato sauce in favor of Garlic Pesto. We also added grilled chicken and changed up the veggies to our liking. We went with black olives, red onion and cherry tomatoes.
How did it taste?
Was it the perfect substitution for a high carb pizza? No, not quite. It was a really good alternative though. Overall the flavors were not as strong as a normal pizza. I think this was due to the blandness of the crust. If I had to give it a rating I would say 7 out of 10. I would happily go back and get it again, but I prefer the taste of a homemade keto pizza to the Blaze Keto Pizza.
Some modifications we would make for the next time we order would be to change up the cheeses. With the crust not delivering much flavor we would opt for a stronger tasting cheese. The garlic pesto was great, we would get it again. We would also load it up with a few more toppings like pepperoni and arugula!
More Keto Takeout Options
We have been hard at work creating dozens of keto friendly fast food and takeout guides. These will help you order with confidence and make sticking to your keto diet a whole lot easier. Check out our guides for Chipotle, Starbucks, Taco Bell, McDonald’s, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dairy Queen and Smoothie King.
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Our Final Opinion
Blaze Pizza is one of the first nationwide food chains to offer a new menu item specifically for keto dieters. It is the absolute best pizza option you’re going to find when ordering out. It’s not quite as flavorful as out homemade keto pizza options, but it is definitely a place we will be going every few weeks for a fun pizza night!
Written by
Matt Gaedke
Matt is a former college basketball player turned computer engineer who discovered his passion for health and nutrition after cutting sugar from his diet in 2016. That year he founded KetoConnect with Megha in order to share their ketogenic lifestyle through recipes, videos, and educational content. Matt is always seeking to grow and try new things, a passion he shares with his wife and two amazing sons.
While I commend Blaze for trying, and the author above for explaining, if you are strict Keto, ingredients DO matter. And it does matter where your carbs come from. Brown rice products are not a good option for strict Keto. It does spike Blood sugar, and will kick you out of ketosis. If your goal is to simply eat low carb, then this is an excellent option.
We are going there for the first time tonight! Loved your review. My Keto coach is a huge fan of the Blaze Keto pizza. Thank you for all you do. Totally love you guys. Xo
Great article. Very informative. Thanks
I can you tell me the exact ingredients of the cauliflower crust. I can’t find it anywhere.
I hate to say it but the info here appears incorrect. The pizza as detailed here is not 15g carbs, it’s 27. It looks like someone forgot to increase the slices consumed to 6 unless you’re only going to eat half the pizza. Link to the calc here: https://hq.blazepizza.com/menu/nutrition-calculator
I went to the Blaze site to find nutritional facts but they just give calories counts. Does anyone know where to find the details. I’ve been searching and can’t find it
Just ate a keto crust at Blaze and while I’m thrilled to have a low carb crust option, it wasn’t as crispy as I’d like…maybe they just needed to cook it longer? I love the cauliflower crust at Brixx but it has lots more carbs than this one. Thank you for the review! I think y’all summed it up pretty well.
I loved it. People should not be confused by Keto pizza with 15 carbs and KETO PIZZA CRUST with 5 or 6 net carbs.
Mine had spicy red sauce, sausage, pepperoni, mozzarella, onion, green Olive, artichoke hearts, jalapeno peppers, basil and spinach. Was crispy on bottom. Best pizza in a long time.
Is thewhole crust 6g net carbs?
Brown rice is high on the glycemic index and is inflammatory. This may be low carb, but it certainly isn’t keto. Keto is all about inflammatory foods. Not just keeping to 20 carbs a day.
No, Keto is ***NOT*** all about inflammatory foods, and I have no idea why a few loud people think so. Never was, isn’t still. Maybe some people need to worry about this unusual concept of inflammation form foods, but most people do not, and most people realize the benefits of a ketogenic diet without worrying at all about supposed inflammation. Keto life has been wonderful for me – I feel better and I lost 40 pounds – while worrying mainly about carbs, fat, and overall veghetable intake, and never thinking for a minute about supposedly “inflammatory” foods.
Love you guys! have been following you for about a year now. Thanks for your guys’ online presence.
Haven’t been too impressed with the “Keto” pizzas at made to order restaurants. I will definitely be trying Blaze.
Huge recommendation for a Keto crust is Cali’ Flour Foods @ califlourfoods.com. Their macros are on point and the crust is delicious!
Thank you for the Blaze Pizza review, we found a location while on vacation. It’s 1:15 commute to the closest location at home ☹️. We totally loved it! I have not ordered a pizza for 21 months.
Where to buy?
Thank you for telling us about Blaze Pizza. One just moved in our area, so now I can try it. Still having trouble figuring out macros in foods though!
Matt, I just have to tell you that I love love your chicken pizza ( What I call it) from your cookbook. I know it’s called chicken breadsticks? I double the recipe and add an extra egg, extra parm, shrooms, pepperoni, salami and other keto friendly stuff. To me and other friends that have tried it love it. When I want a pizza that’s what i make. All the boxes are checked.
Thanks for that recipe.
Im gonna try this recipe soon. And your chicken one also.Im always trying your new recipes and are quite yummy.
Thanks for the review, I’m glad to know more about exactly what is in the crust.
Better yet, go into a Blaze pizza and ask for a crustless pizza. They will spread the sauce and all your requested toppings on the aluminum pizza pan without any crust at all. It goes through the oven and comes hot and delicious to eat with a knife and fork. I’d rather splurge on delicious toppings and completely skip the sorta ok crust. Try it!
I had it the other day and it was pretty good. The pesto sauce was delish!
Where are you able to view the nutrition information? I’ve looked everywhere on their site. I’ve also placed a full order and it didn’t show me. Do I have to be on a desktop?
Go to https://www.blazepizza.com/menu/nutrition-calculator/ and plug in what you want..
We love it too! It’s a great option for a quick easy dinner once and awhile. Love the idea about adding stronger cheeses to ass a bit more flavor!
Took myson and his daughter to Blaze yesterday. We got two pizzas one with the keto crust and ond cauliflower crust. I definitely liked the cauliflower crust better.
Remember, Cauliflower is not necessarily Keto. It has 15 carbs per slice.
I live in Decatur, GA and go to the Blaze pizza near Emory. I really like blaze pizza. I ask for extra cheese because I couldn’t taste the cheese the first time I tried it. Like you, I love the pesto drizzle. I also like the meatballs. I eat 1/2 of the pizza for a meal.
I’m new to keto and not always 100% but do try to limit my carbs. i think this is a very good alternative to regular pizza,