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frozen pizzas review 12074349

PN Priya Nair Markets Reporter August 13, 2026 2 min read № 019
frozen pizzas review 12074349

All frozen pizza is still pretty good though. If I know I’m going to have a busy few weeks, I’m apt to grab afrozen pizzato toss in the freezer for the inevitable evening I’m unable to make dinner. Whether it’s due to the time of night I get home, lack of energy to cook, or insatiable hunger that seems to have snuck up on me out of nowhere, frozen pizza is there for me. When I’m buying frozen pizza, I’m often looking for the best bang for my buck. I’m lucky enough to have a few decent pizza shops nearby, so I don’t want to pay a premium for the frozen version. To that end, I wanted to discover which affordable frozen pizza was the best. To find this out, I tasted a lineup of five widely available frozen pizzas under $8. I cooked each pizza according to the instructions on the package and compared them based on crust, sauce,cheese, and toppings. I wanted a pizza with good ratios of all ingredients, a crust with a reasonably crisp bottom, and enough toppings. To keep things consistent toppings-wise, I stuck to pepperoni-topped options. The Frozen Pizza Lineup DiGiorno Rising Crust Pizza($6.29) This pie screams classic frozen pizza to me. It had, as expected, a fluffier, puffier dough than others in the lineup, and was easy to identify in a blind taste test. The sauce was overly sweet for my taste and my two testers’ tastes, and the crust had no crunch on the bottom. While there was a good amount of pepperoni, there was perhaps too much sauce and cheese. DiGiorno Wood Fired-Style Crust Pizza($6.99) This packaging for this pizza gave me high hopes for a reasonably well-browned and crisp crust. Unfortunately, the crust remained incredibly pale when cooked for the

All frozen pizza is still pretty good though.