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City Skills: The best frozen pizzas on the London convenience store market, ranked by value

Mike Pollitt | Thursday 5 May, 2011 11:23

5. Gino’s Pepperoni pizza (99p, in some locations. Shop around.)
“Hand topped with the finest ingredients and mozzarella cheese,” says the product description. Love the “and”. Those finest ingredients include:

“Flour Treatment Agent (E920) , Mozzarella (Milk, Salt, Starter, Rennet), Analogue, Water, Veg Oil, Milk Protein, Starch, Salt, Emulsifying Salts (E331, E339, Colour E160a), Aroma, Antioxidant (E301), Preservative (E250), Colouring (E160c).”

One for desperate times.

4. Chicago Town The Deep Dish 2 Meat Combo pizzas (around £1.99)
They’re not filling, the base always goes crusty, and the meat has the texture of rubber that’s melted and rehardened. But you can’t deny that Chicago Town’s offerings give eating frozen pizza alone in your empty flat a certain, dare I say, pizzazz. The glamour option.

3. McCain Maximo Cheesy Garlic pizza (around £1.50)
As read about on the always interesting Beyond Potato section of their website. McCain are a byword for quality in the frozen food sector. That means something.

2. Goodfellas Deep Pan Loaded Cheese pizza (around £2.49)
This has got a lot of cheese, and if you’re going to buy a frozen pizza it makes no sense to scrimp. This pizza is the most challenging to cook, as inexperienced chefs often burn the edges without fully defrosting the cheesy middle.

1. Dr Oetker Mozzarella pizza (around £2.49)
The doyen of the frozen pizza conoisseur. An undiscovered gem, and one those in the know would love to keep secret. But its quality demands greater public reknown. I can do no better than quote this online review (review refers to the North American version of this pizza).

“The mixture of “fresh” and shredded mozzarella created probably the best frozen-pizza-cheese combo I’ve ever tasted. The herbs and diced tomato that top the pizza were fresh tasting and evenly distributed. This is one frozen pizza you can eat confidently without needing to add any basil or oregano.”

Is there a Doctor in your house? Perhaps there should be.

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