DoughLab Shopping Guide

🛒 Ingredients

Our favorite ingredients for making amazing pizza at home.

🧀 Cheese

Great cheese helps create better melt, flavor, and texture.

🏆 DoughLab Favorites
Product Best For Rating
Grande East Coast Blend Pizza
⭐ Recommended Products
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Grande East Coast Blend
Best For: Homemade Pizza

DoughLab recommended option for better homemade pizza.

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Grande Whole Milk Mozzarella
Best For: Homemade Pizza

DoughLab recommended option for better homemade pizza.

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Galbani Whole Milk Low Moisture
Best For: Homemade Pizza

DoughLab recommended option for better homemade pizza.

🌾 Flour

The foundation of great pizza dough. Better flour can improve chew, browning, and flavor.

🏆 DoughLab Favorites
Product Best For Rating
Caputo Americana NY Style ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
⭐ Recommended Products
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All Trumps
Best For: Homemade Pizza

DoughLab recommended option for better homemade pizza.

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King Arthur Bread Flour
Best For: Homemade Pizza

DoughLab recommended option for better homemade pizza.

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Caputo Americana
Best For: NY Style

Strong flour with excellent browning and chew

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🌿 Herbs & Spices

DoughLab recommended ingredients for better homemade pizza.

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Product Best For Rating
Sicilian Oregano All Pizza Styles ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Parmigiano Reggiano Finishing ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
⭐ Recommended Products
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Sicilian Oregano
Best For: All Pizza Styles

Classic pizza oregano with bold aroma.

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California Garlic Powder
Best For: Sauces & Finishing

Excellent for pizza sauce and garlic oil.

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Red Pepper Flakes
Best For: Finishing

Adds heat and texture to finished pizzas.

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Dried Basil
Best For: Sauce Making

Traditional pizza sauce seasoning.

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Parmigiano Reggiano
Best For: Finishing

The gold standard finishing cheese.

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🥩 Meats

DoughLab recommended ingredients for better homemade pizza.

🏆 DoughLab Favorites
Product Best For Rating
Ezzo Pepperoni Pizza
Margherita Pepperoni Pizza
⭐ Recommended Products
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Ezzo Pepperoni
Best For: Homemade Pizza

DoughLab recommended option for better homemade pizza.

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Hormel Cup N Crisp
Best For: Homemade Pizza

DoughLab recommended option for better homemade pizza.

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Boar's Head Pepperoni
Best For: Homemade Pizza

DoughLab recommended option for better homemade pizza.

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Margherita Pepperoni
Best For: Homemade Pizza

DoughLab recommended option for better homemade pizza.

🫒 Olive Oil

DoughLab recommended ingredients for better homemade pizza.

🏆 DoughLab Favorites
Product Best For Rating
Partanna Extra Virgin Olive Oil Pizza
⭐ Recommended Products
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Partanna Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Best For: Homemade Pizza

DoughLab recommended option for better homemade pizza.

🧂 Salt

Flavor, dough strength, and fermentation control.

🏆 DoughLab Favorites
Product Best For Rating
Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt Dough Formulation ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
⭐ Recommended Products
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Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt
Best For: Dough Formulation

Preferred by many professional bakers for consistency and clean flavor.

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Morton Kosher Salt
Best For: General Baking

Widely available and excellent for pizza dough.

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Morton Fine Sea Salt
Best For: Everyday Use

Simple, inexpensive, and available almost everywhere.

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🍅 Sauce & Tomatoes

DoughLab recommended ingredients for better homemade pizza.

🏆 DoughLab Favorites
Product Best For Rating
Bianco DiNapoli Whole Tomatoes NY Style ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Stanislaus Full Red NY Style ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
⭐ Recommended Products
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Cento San Marzano Tomatoes
Best For: Homemade Pizza

DoughLab recommended option for better homemade pizza.

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Bianco DiNapoli Whole Tomatoes
Best For: NY Style

Excellent balance of sweetness and acidity.

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Mutti Whole Tomatoes
Best For: Everyday Use

Widely available and consistently high quality.

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Stanislaus Full Red
Best For: NY Style

Popular among pizzerias for rich tomato flavor.

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🍞 Yeast

Fermentation, rise, and dough development.

🏆 DoughLab Favorites
Product Best For Rating
SAF Instant Yeast Cold Fermentation ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
⭐ Recommended Products
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SAF Instant Yeast
Best For: Cold Fermentation

Professional-grade instant yeast trusted by pizza makers worldwide.

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Red Star Active Dry Yeast
Best For: General Purpose

Reliable and widely available active dry yeast.

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Fleischmann's Active Dry Yeast
Best For: Everyday Use

Easy to find in most grocery stores and performs consistently.

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💡 Not sure where to start?

Start with better flour, whole milk low moisture mozzarella, and a simple tomato sauce.