I love pizza. It is one of my favorite foods in the world and I am quite sure I could, happily, live off of pizza and sushi. Unfortunately, it is said that eating pizza once a week will cause 10 pounds weight gain in ten years. I am currently working very hard to disprove this on a personal level and have decided to investigate the healthiest and the least healthy pizzas that are commonly eaten today.
The biggest pizza brands include Pizza Hut (favorite), Domino's, Papa John's, Little Caesar's, and Hungry Howie's. To keep things equal, all have been judged per one slice of the healthiest pizza option- veggie. Veggie is healthier than all the rest because it has less cheese and less fat since there is no meat.
Let the healthy pizza battle begin...
Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut's 14" pizza has tomatoes, mushrooms, black olives, green peppers, and red onions. This is based off the original pan crust.
- 320 calories
- 14 grams fat
- 5 grams saturated fat
- 36 carbs, 2 grams from fiber and 4 grams from sugar
- 12 grams protein
Domino's
Domino's is based off the large, 14" pizza wit original crust.
- 400 calories
- 17 grams fat
- 49 carbohydrates
- 19 grams protein
Papa John's
These measurements are based on a 14" pizza with onions, peppers, baby portobella mushrooms, black olives and tomatoes.
- 280 calories
- 9 grams fat
- 4 grams saturated fat
- 39 grams carbohydrates, 2 grams from fiber and 5 grams from sugar
- 11 grams protein
Little Caesar's
The Little Caesar's pizza is based on a large, 14" pizza with mushrooms, black olives, onion, and green pepper. The Little Caesar's pizza also has 15% daily value of vitamin C, 8% vitamin A, 20% calcium, and 15% iron.
- 270 calories
- 10 grams fat
- 4.5 grams saturated fat
- 33 grams carbohydrates, 2 grams from fiber and 4 grams from sugar
- 13 grams protein
Hungry Howie's
Hungry Howie's pizza's seem to be the healthiest option until you look at the serving sizes. A large Hungry Howie's pizza comes with twelve slices, four slices more than any other pizza on our list. To be a comparison, all proportions would need to be multiplied by 1.5. The numbers in parenthesis are the actual equivalent.
- 200 calories (300 calories)
- 6 grams fat (9 grams)
- 3 grams saturated fat (4.5 grams)
- 28 grams carbohydrates, 2 grams from fiber (42 grams carbohydrates, 3 grams fiber)
- 10 grams protein (15 grams)