BETTER BUYING
Frozen Pizza
Frozen pizza isn’t all about pepperoni
and cheese these days.
As pizza restaurants have expanded
their menus to include more exotic toppings,
the makers of frozen pizza have
followed suit. Crusts also vary; besides
traditional crust, you can buy frozen
deep dish, thin-crust, and crispy-crust
pizza. Sizes vary as well, from pizzas
for one person to large pizzas that will
feed a family.
Here are some shopping tips:
- Choose frozen pizzas with a lower percentage of calories from fat.
- Opt for products that contain the least amount of sodium.
- Buy pizza with chicken or only vegetable toppings; however, check ingredient labels before assuming those pizzas are low in fat.
Going by the Numbers
The following chart displays calories,
fat, percent calories from fat, and
sodium content for a variety of frozen
pizza products.
Frozen Pizza
(serving sizes vary) |
Cals |
Fat
(gm) |
% Cals
from Fat |
Sodium
(mg) |
Amy’s Mushroom & Olive
(1/3 pizza) |
250 |
9 |
32 |
560 |
| Kashi All Natural Mushroom Trio & Spinach Thin Crust (1/3 pizza) |
250 |
9 |
32 |
660 |
| The Old City Café Cheese Pizza Veggie Combo (1/3 pizza) |
270 |
5 |
17 |
490 |
Amy’s Roasted Vegetable,
No Cheese (1/3 pizza) |
270 |
9 |
30 |
490 |
| California Pizza Kitchen Thai Recipe Chicken (1/3 pizza) |
280 |
10 |
32 |
780 |
| Kashi Mediterranean (1/3 pizza) |
290 |
9 |
28 |
640 |
| Freschetta Brick Oven Roasted Portabella Mushrooms & Spinach (1/4 pizza) |
310 |
11 |
32 |
710 |
Wolfgang Puck All-Natural Four Cheese, Tomato and Pesto
(1/3 pizza) |
330 |
17 |
46 |
690 |
| Totino’s Crisp Crust Triple Meat (1/2 pizza) |
340 |
18 |
45 |
920 |
| Red Baron Classic Crust Hamburger (1/4 pizza) |
360 |
15 |
38 |
770 |
| Wolfgang Puck All-Natural Uncured Pepperoni (1/3 pizza) |
360 |
19 |
48 |
870 |
| Red Baron Deep Dish 4-Cheese (1/3 pizza) |
370 |
17 |
41 |
650 |
| Freschetta PizzAmoré Meat Medley, medium (2 slices) |
380 |
16 |
38 |
970 |
| DiGiorno Ultimate Focaccia Thick Crust, Supreme with Roasted Vegetables (1/6 pizza) |
390 |
19 |
44 |
930 |
| Tombstone Original Pepperoni (1/4 pizza) |
390 |
20 |
46 |
880 |
| California Pizza Kitchen For One BBQ Recipe Chicken (1 pizza) |
500 |
13 |
23 |
710 |
Sources: Product packaging
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