Flour Codex

Search, filter and sort your flour library.

About the Flour Codex

The Flour Codex lists pizza and bread flours by region (UK, US, Netherlands, Italy, and more), with protein, type, W-value where available, and which pizza styles each flour suits. Filter by brand, category, or style fit, then open a flour to see a starter dough in grams.

Tick Gluten-free flour for pizza-capable GF bags (no P/W, mill water and wheat-starch instead). Pair them with gluten-free pizza dough recipes, or start from the dough calculator.

Starting bags

Examples from the Codex for the questions people ask. Not a ranking.

Popular calculator styles

Open a style guide for hydration and ferment notes, then send it to the calculator.

See all 44 pizza styles in the codex.

Gluten-free pizza dough recipes

Press-in-pan and same-day rounds with gram weights. All gluten-free pizza dough recipes.

Frequently asked questions

What flour is best for Neapolitan pizza?

A Codex example for Neapolitan is Caputo Pizzeria at 12.25% protein, W 260-280. King Arthur Baking Bread Flour at 12.7% protein is a New York example. Asda Plain Flour at 10% protein suits same-day dough. Caputo Fioreglut Pizza e Pane is a gluten-free pizza blend, mill water about 80%, contains wheat starch.

What does W-value mean on pizza flour?

W-value (or strength) describes how much stress dough can handle before weakening, which is useful when matching flour to long ferments or high hydration. The codex shows W when the mill publishes it.

Can I use plain flour for pizza dough?

Plain or all-purpose flour works for thin or same-day doughs; dedicated pizza or bread flour gives better structure for long ferments and high heat. Browse by category to see what each flour suits.

What gluten-free flour is best for pizza dough?

Use a gluten-free pizza or bread blend, not a cake mix. The Codex GF view lists pizza-capable bags by country, with mill water and whether the blend contains wheat starch. Open a gluten-free pizza dough recipe, or send the bag to the calculator with Gluten Free ticked.