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ou can serve it to kids or adults. You can Yserve it to vegetarians or the meat-and- potatoes crowd. You can order it with just

cheese or pepperoni. You can order it with

anything from potatoes, pineapple, or pears to

chicken, garlic shrimp, roasted duck,

or fried wontons. And you can accent it with

flavors like peanut and sesame sauce, curry and

chutney, or chilies and salsa.

You can order a thin crust, thick crust,

stuffed crust, pan crust, or

practically no crust. You

BY JAYNE HURLEY can have it delivered to & BONNIE LIEBMAN your door, and it serves

more people for less money

than virtually any other restau-

rant food.

It should come as no surprise

that Americans order three billion

pies a year, largely from the

more than 60,000 pizzerias that oper-

ate out of strip malls, food courts, and

Main Streets.

The question is: How many of our

clogged arteries do we owe to this enor-

mously popular dish? And, more to the point:

Is there any way to make pizza healthy?

(Continued on page 3) Photo: Renée Comet. f you don’t want to cook or eat out, pizza is often the default. One out of every six restaurants in the U.S. is a pizzeria. Annual sales reach some $30 billion, rival- ing only burger joints. And, in 1999, McDonald’s purchased a pizza chain called Donatos. What does that tell you? No one would dispute pizza’s popularity, but when it comes to health, you often hear different stories. For many people, pizza is a lousy food, period. On the other hand, some dietitians claim that pizza is nutritious because it has com- ponents of each of the four basic food groups. I“You get your grain in the crust; you get tomato sauce, which can count as your veg- etable; a cheese, which is your dairy; and protein in many toppings,” Connie Diekman, a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association, explained to HealthScout News, an on-line consumer health site, in December 2000. Never mind that almost all are loaded with salt, sometimes over a day’s worth. Never mind that pizza is a minefield of saturated fat, and not just from the sausage, ground beef, and pepperoni. Most pizzas have enough cheese to make a cardiologist order that second Jaguar. And, for many people, pizza isn’t pizza without cheese.

Playing the Numbers crust and the mushrooms, especially considering that it’s often an 18-year-old who’s sprinkling on the shredded If you take the time to contact the companies or check the cheese and green peppers. The bad news is that they’re Web sites, the nation’s largest pizza sellers—, sprinkling a lot more cheese than peppers. Domino’s, Little Caesars, and Papa Here’s a rundown of what to John’s—will tell you how much satu- expect from your next pizza. Our rated fat, sodium, and other nutrients charts (starting on p. 6) include their pizzas contain. But numbers for the 15 pizzas we are their numbers accurate? analyzed (they’re in bold) and And what about smaller, company information for sit-down chains like dozens of others. Just remem- ber that what you get from a and Pizzeria Uno, which pizza depends on how much offer no numbers at all? you eat. To find out, we bought samples from big and What’s a Serving? not-so-big chains across the country One slice is rarely enough, and sent them to an especially when chains independent labora- like Pizza Hut cut their tory for analysis (see large pies into slices 1 “How We Got Our that measure only 3 /2 Numbers,” p. 4). inches at their widest. The good news is But how many slices that the numbers pro- is a typical serving? vided by the chains are Since no one has good pretty accurate (though data, we used Pizza in some cases, companies Hut’s Personal Pan serve less pizza than they Cheese Pizza as a promise). The companies guide. It’s meant to seem to have a good han-

Photos: Renée Comet (top); Nick Waring (bottom). dle on what’s between the ››››

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order-taker understands that you want half the usual cheese on all of your pizza, not the usual amount of cheese on only half of your pizza. Don’t expect precisely half the cheese, though. When we ordered “half-the-cheese” pizzas from Domino’s, for exam- ple, we got anywhere from 25 percent to 75 percent less cheese than the chain’s regular cheese pizza. Still, on aver- age, that meant that a half-cheese serving had a third less sat be eaten by one person, and it weighs roughly nine ounces. fat. You probably won’t even notice the difference in taste. So, for each crust at each chain, we calculated the number of You can even try a pizza without any of the usual melted whole slices of cheese pizza that come closest to nine ounces. mozzarella. If the pizzeria offers Parmesan, order a cheese- That gave us a serving size of two to five slices, depending less veggie or chicken pizza and ask to have some Parmesan on the chain and the type of crust. In each case, it worked sprinkled over the pie before it goes into the oven. At some out to a quarter to a third of a large (14-inch) pizza per per- restaurants, creativity replaces cheese. California Pizza son. (A typical serving of pizza with topping weighs more Kitchen’s Tricoloré Salad Pizza is smothered with arugula, than nine ounces, but we assumed that if you’re a three- radicchio, red-leaf lettuce, diced tomatoes, shaved slice-eater, for example, you generally stick with three slices Parmesan, and a vinaigrette dressing. Bravissimo! whether the pizza has toppings or not.) Extra Cheese Exceptions: For California Pizza Kitchen, we used an entire 14-ounce pizza as a single serving, because that’s how Who would ever guess that two slices of Domino’s Hand it’s usually served. And for Pizzeria Uno, we used half a Tossed Extra Cheese Pizza pose the same threat to your pizza (19 ounces), because the company’s Web site says that blood vessels as two slices of Hand Tossed Sausage or each regular pie serves two. Pepperoni Pizza? The same is probably true at most other Obviously, no one serving size applies to everyone. So as chains, though Domino’s was the only company that gave you look through the chart, first check the serving (in paren- us numbers for its extra-cheese pizza. theses following each pizza’s name). That way, you can As if extra cheese on your pizza weren’t enough, the adjust the number of slices—and the fat, sat fat, etc.—to experts at Pizza Hut have come up with a brilliant way to match what you eat. work more cheese into your pizza—Stuffed Crust. You need cheese stuffed into a pizza crust like you need reverse lipo- Cheese suction to force more fat under your skin. A plain cheese pizza is the basic, stripped-down model. But Veggie don’t assume that it has the least amount of saturated fat. At Pizza Hut, for example, three slices of the Pan Cheese When you order a veggie pizza at chains like Pizza Hut or Pizza (Pan is the most popular crust) have 12 grams of sat Papa John’s, it typically comes with less cheese than a plain fat—more than half a day’s worth. That’s in the same ball- cheese pizza. It’s a win-win: You get more flavor, more park as three slices of Pan Pepperoni (13 grams) or Pan Ham fiber, more phytochemicals, and less fat. (11 grams). But beware: At other chains, like Domino’s, you may get The same generally holds true at Domino’s, Little Caesars, as much or more cheese on a veggie than on a regular cheese Papa John’s, and most other chains. Just keep in mind that pizza. According to Domino’s brochures, its Vegi Pizza has not all cheese pizzas are alike, even at the same chain. extra cheese. Our analyses turned up equal amounts in a Take Pizza Hut. You’ll get 12 grams of sat fat in a serving Vegi and a Cheese, but you may not be so lucky. of Pan or Personal Pan, 14 grams in Thin n’ Crispy or Hand Tossed, 18 grams in The Big Chicken New Yorker, and 20 grams (a Chicken on a pizza may not be tradi- day’s worth) in the Stuffed tional, but it can be delicious...and Crust. The last two will also How We Got Our Numbers less fatty than most red-meat top- give you 750+ calories and close We bought 15 popular kinds of pizza at 36 pings. Only pizzas topped with ham to a day’s worth of sodium. or veggies fall into the same sat-fat pizzerias in Chicago, Los Angeles, and range as chicken-topped pizzas. And Washington, D.C. We made a composite out Half-the-Cheese if you order your chicken pizza with & No-Cheese of six samples of each kind of pizza (for exam- less cheese than usual, the chicken ple, equal portions of two Pizza Hut Pan The simple solution to fatty piz- should help distract even die-hard Pepperoni Pizzas from each of the three cities zas: Order half the cheese. It’s cheese lovers. not on the menu, but any pizze- were mixed together). We analyzed each A sign of chicken’s potential: ria should be happy to oblige, composite for calories, fat, saturated fat, trans California Pizza Kitchen’s two most since it costs the kitchen less. fat, and sodium. popular pizzas are The Original BBQ Chicken and the Thai Chicken. The

Photo: Renée Comet. Just make sure that the harried

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BBQ has only 170 calories and two grams of sat fat per slice PIZZA (a sixth of a pizza). The problem is that no one eats one slice. California Pizza Kitchen serves an entire pizza as a single serv- STRATEGIES ing. Suddenly, you’re talking 1,000 calories, 2,060 mg of sodium, and 32 grams of fat, 14 of them saturated. Tip: Split ■ Pick the right toppings. Vegetables are lowest in one of CPK’s pizzas and an entree-size salad with your din- calories and richest in nutrients. Chicken and ham are ing companion. second best. Meat toppings vary from chain to chain, Ham but in general, pepperoni is leaner than pork, sausage, and beef. If you’re not interested in a veggie or chicken pizza, ham may be your best bet. At most chains, it’s the leanest of the ■ Order a half-the-cheese or no-cheese pizza. red-meat toppings. At Pizza Hut, for example, you’ll get less Half the cheese works with almost any pizza. No- sat fat from the Personal Pan Ham, Thin n’ Crispy Ham, Big cheese works best with creative toppings like New Yorker Ham, or Pan Ham Pizza than from a plain California Pizza Kitchen’s Tricoloré Salad Pizza. If the Cheese Pizza with each of those crusts. And at Domino’s, ham adds less than 50 calories to a two-slice serving of Hand pizzeria offers Parmesan, order a cheese-less veggie Tossed Cheese Pizza. or chicken pizza and ask to have some Parmesan sprinkled over the pie before it goes into the oven. Pepperoni ■ Skip the hidden cheese. When you order a Pepperoni is by far the most popular pizza topping. At Domino’s, those thin spicy slices add an extra two grams of vegetable pizza, make sure it doesn’t come with the saturated fat and 420 milligrams of sodium to two slices of extra cheese that some chains automatically add. Hand Tossed Cheese Pizza. If you think that’s a bargain, And don’t forget: That’s cheese in those stuffed crust remember that every slice of the Hand Tossed Pepperoni is pizzas too. nearly the equivalent of a McDonald’s Egg McMuffin. Things are no better over at Pizza Hut. A three-slice serv- ■ Steer clear of multi-meat pizzas. With these ing of Pan Pepperoni Pizza—the most popular chain’s most extravagantly unhealthy pizzas, more clearly means popular pizza—is not much different than a Quarter much more. Watch out for names like Meat Lover’s, Pounder with Cheese. The damage: 690 calories, 1,620 mg Meatzza, All the Meats, and Super Supreme. of sodium, and 33 grams of fat, 13 of them saturated. Of course, the sat fat climbs as you go to three slices of Pan ■ Get it with a salad. You’ll escape with far less Pepperoni Lover’s (19 grams) or two slices of Stuffed Crust damage if you don’t have a pizza-only meal. If you’re Pepperoni Lover’s (25 grams—what you’d get from two calling Little Casears, order a salad to go with your Quarter Pounders with Cheese). pizza and cut down on the number of slices you eat. Sausage At Pizza Hut and most of the other big delivery chains, At Domino’s, the sausage pizza has no more saturated fat you probably won’t find anything green on the menu. than the pepperoni. But that’s nothing to crow about. So fill in by serving baby carrots or sliced red or green How many of the 600 calories in a two-slice serving of the peppers or cucumbers with light ranch dressing. Or chain’s Hand Tossed Sausage Pizza are going to end up as a slice up some honeydew, cantaloupe, or watermelon. spare tire where you least need it? And how many of the ten ■ grams of saturated fat will take up residence in your arteries? Don’t take sides. Once you go beyond salad, At Pizza Hut, the Pan Italian Sausage Pizza is fattier than pizzeria side dishes get pretty dicey. With few excep- the Pan Pepperoni. And three slices of the Hand Tossed tions, you’re in the land of Buffalo wings, bread sticks, Italian Sausage approach the 1,000-calorie mark. They’ve and cheesy bread. Just what you need to go with also got more than a day’s worth of saturated fat (22 grams) pizza crust and cheese. Each piece of Double Cheesy and sodium (2,480 mg). That’s what happens when you layer a fatty meat over fatty cheese. You might as well pol- Bread from Domino’s, for example, means another ish off five Beef Soft Tacos at . 140 calories and two grams of saturated fat. A typical But even the Hand Tossed looks good compared to Pizza order has eight pieces. Bread sticks aren’t as fatty, but Hut’s Big New Yorker Sausage Pizza. The Big NY manages to they still run more than 100 calories apiece. Wings cram 1,140 calories, 3,240 mg of sodium, and 66 grams of are 50 calories a pop. But that’s for less than an fat (28 of them saturated) into two slices. That’s not a ounce of chicken, so the wings—and the numbers— serving of pizza—it’s a T-bone steak dinner with salad and a baked potato sprinkled with a teaspoon of salt. add up quickly. It’s fruits and vegetables, not bread or fried chicken, that should round out a pizza meal. ››››

NUTRITION ACTION HEALTHLETTER ■ JUNE 2002 5 COVER STORY The Pie Chart

These numbers show what you’d get if you ate a typical serving of each pizza. As you look through the chart, always check the serving size (in parentheses following Beef each name) before any other numbers. That way, you can adjust the number of Add beef to your pizza at your own risk. At Domino’s, the beef pizzas slices—and the calories, sat fat, etc.—to range from 11 grams of sat fat (for match what you eat. two slices of Hand Tossed) to 18 The numbers used to compile the grams (for five squares of Thin Crust). Three slices of Pizza chart were provided by the pizza chains, Hut’s Hand Tossed or two slices except for the 15 kinds of pizza we had of The Big New Yorker Beef hit 22 analyzed. Those are listed in bold. grams. Those numbers should come Best Bites contain no more than six as no surprise. After all, we’re talking ground beef, not sirloin steak. You also get ground beef and grams of saturated fat in a typical cheese on a Whopper with Cheese, but three serving. Within each category, pizzas slices of Pizza Hut’s Pan Beef Pizza have an extra 120 calo- are ranked from best to worst—from ries and 500 mg of sodium. least to most saturated fat, then Bacon or Pork total fat, calories, and sodium. Domino’s offers fatty bacon pizzas; Pizza Hut goes with fatty ground pork instead. The numbers on either should t Pizza a qualify you for a time-share at the cardiac care unit (make F d ) (No. of slices and weight of a typical s sure it has a functioning blood pressure gauge). At Pizza s t e a t m e a ) m serving from a large pizza) i F ) s a r l s r u r Hut, the Hand Tossed or Stuffed Crust Pork is as fatty as u i lo a m t m t a a d illig a r a r o the Hand Tossed or Stuffed Crust Meat Lover’s. o g S g m Cheese C T ( ( S ( Combos ✔✔ Domino’s Hand Tossed Cheese, with half the cheese (2 slices—7 oz.) 480 12 5 800 Pepperoni or sausage or ham or beef was enough to satisfy customers for decades...until the pizza chains ratcheted up Domino’s Hand Tossed Cheese (2 slices—7 oz.) 500 14 8 880 the stakes. Why stop with just one meat when you can drown a pizza in pepperoni, sausage, ham, bacon, beef, Little Caesars Deep Dish Cheese and pork toppings? (4 squares—9 oz.) 560 20 8 1,120 Domino’s Meatzza, Little Caesars Meatsa, Papa John’s All Papa John’s Original Crust Cheese the Meats, Pizza Hut Meat Lover’s or Super Supreme. Some (2 slices—8 oz.) 560 20 9 1,440 of them can give you more than a day’s saturated fat and Little Caesars Round Cheese sodium and 800-or-so calories. Talk about piling on. (3 slices—8 oz.) 600 18 10 990 You’d be smart to avoid the entire Pizza Hut “Lover’s” Domino’s Thin Crust Cheese line except the Veggie Lover’s. “Our Lover’s Line pizzas (5 squares—9 oz.) 640 28 11 1,950 pack on more of your favorite toppings!” boasts Pizza Hut’s menu. They pack it on, all right—just where you need it Domino’s Deep Dish Cheese least. (2 slices—9 oz.) 680 30 11 1,580 But the Big Daddy of the combo pizzas is Pizzeria Uno’s Pizza Hut Pan Cheese (3 slices—8 oz.) 630 27 12 1,170 Chicago Classic—the worst pizza we found. It’s “the Hut Personal Pan Cheese that made us famous,” proclaims Pizzeria Uno. “Extra (1 pizza—9 oz.) 630 28 12 1,370 sausage, extra cheese, extra tomato, extra crisp crust, and Papa John’s Thin Crust Cheese extra delicious.” (3 slices—10 oz.) 700 39 12 1,490 Extra you is more like it. A “regular” pizza serves two, according to Pizzeria Uno’s Little Caesars Thin Crust Cheese Web site. Two teenage football players, maybe. How (5 squares—10 oz.) 650 30 13 1,600 1 many people can shovel 1,500 calories and 1 /2 days’ satu- Pizza Hut Thin n’ Crispy Cheese rated fat into their mouths and still stay upright? (3 slices—8 oz.) 540 24 14 1,620 Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Cheese The information for this article was compiled by Heather Jones, with (3 slices—10 oz.) 650 27 14 1,770 help from Sarah Wade, Beth Sumrell, Jackie Adriano, Tamar Genger, Pizza Hut The Big New Yorker Cheese

Photo: Renée Comet. and Tyra McKinzie. (2 slices—12 oz.) 760 34 18 2,280 Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Cheese (2 slices—11 oz.) 890 38 20 2,180

6 NUTRITION ACTION HEALTHLETTER ■ JUNE 2002 t t a a F F d ) d ) s t e s s t e s t a t m e a m e ) m i ) a ) m a i F ) a a F r s r r s r s u r r l s u l i u m i o a m u m lo a m t l t a d t a a d illig t a r illig a r a r a r a o o g o o g S g m C g S ( S m Extra Cheese C T ( ( S ( T ( ( Domino’s Hand Tossed Extra Cheese Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Ham (2 slices—8 oz.) 560 20 10 1,340 (3 slices—11 oz.) 710 27 14 2,180 Domino’s Deep Dish Extra Cheese Domino’s Deep Dish Hawaiian (2 slices) 780 36 14 2,040 (2 slices) 740 35 14 1,800 Domino’s Thin Crust Hawaiian (5 squares) 810 38 17 2,720 Domino’s Thin Crust Extra Cheese (5 squares) 750 37 16 2,330 Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Ham (2 slices—11 oz.) 810 44 25 2,380 Veggie Pepperoni ✔✔ Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Veggie Lover’s (3 slices—9 oz.) 550 14 6 1,420 Domino’s Hand Tossed Pepperoni (2 slices—7 oz.) 560 20 10 1,300 ✔✔ Papa John’s Original Crust Garden Special (2 slices—11 oz.) 560 20 6 1,420 Papa John’s Original Crust Pepperoni (2 slices—9 oz.) 600 24 10 1,580 Domino’s Hand Tossed Vegi (2 slices—8 oz.) 520 16 8 960 Little Caesars Deep Dish Pepperoni (4 squares—10 oz.) 640 28 10 1,400 Pizza Hut Thin n’ Crispy Veggie Lover’s (3 slices—11 oz.) 510 18 8 1,410 Pizza Hut Thin n’ Crispy Pepperoni (3 slices—8 oz.) 510 24 11 1,650 Little Caesars Round Veggie (3 slices—12 oz.) 570 21 9 1,500 Little Caesars Round Pepperoni (3 slices—9 oz.) 600 24 11 1,380 Pizza Hut Pan Veggie Lover’s (3 slices—12 oz.) 720 33 11 1,380 Pizza Hut Personal Pan Pepperoni (1 pizza—9 oz.) 620 28 11 1,430 Papa John’s Thin Crust Garden Special (3 slices—13 oz.) 680 36 12 1,490 Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Pepperoni Lover’s (3 slices—10 oz.) 680 30 12 1,990 Pizza Hut The Big New Yorker Veggie Lover’s (2 slices—24 oz.) 900 44 12 2,680 Pizza Hut Pan Pepperoni (3 slices—8 oz.) 690 33 13 1,620 Domino’s Deep Dish Vegi (2 slices) 770 36 14 1,860 Pizza Hut The Big New Yorker Pepperoni (2 slices—12 oz.) 740 32 14 2,300 Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Veggie Lover’s (2 slices—14 oz.) 840 34 16 2,080 Domino’s Deep Dish Pepperoni (2 slices) 780 38 14 1,940 Domino’s Thin Crust Vegi (5 squares) 780 38 16 2,430 Papa John’s Thin Crust Pepperoni (3 slices—10 oz.) 800 48 15 1,860 Chicken Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Pepperoni Pizza Hut Thin n’ Crispy Chicken Supreme (3 slices—11 oz.) 760 35 16 2,150 (3 slices—11 oz.) 540 18 10 1,680 Pizza Hut Thin n’ Crispy Pepperoni Lover’s Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Chicken Supreme (3 slices—9 oz.) 690 36 16 2,070 (3 slices—12 oz.) 630 19 10 1,770 Domino’s Thin Crust Pepperoni Pizza Hut Pan Chicken Supreme (5 squares) 800 42 17 2,560 (3 slices—12 oz.) 720 33 11 1,590 Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Pepperoni California Pizza Kitchen Original BBQ Chicken (2 slices—12 oz.) 880 38 18 2,230 (1 pizza—14 oz.) 1,000 32 14 2,060 Little Caesars Thin Crust Pepperoni Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Chicken Supreme (5 squares—11 oz.) 800 45 18 2,100 (2 slices—13 oz.) 860 34 16 2,220 Pizza Hut Pan Pepperoni Lover’s (3 slices—12 oz.) 900 48 19 2,070 Ham Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Pepperoni Lover’s Domino’s Hand Tossed Ham (2 slices) 540 16 7 1,380 (2 slices—14 oz.) 1,050 52 25 2,830 Pizza Hut Personal Pan Ham (1 pizza—9 oz.) 580 23 9 1,450 ›››› Pizza Hut Thin n’ Crispy Ham (3 slices—8 oz.) 450 18 10 1,650 Domino’s Hand Tossed Hawaiian (2 slices) 620 22 10 1,540 Domino’s Deep Dish Ham (2 slices) 710 31 11 1,870 Pizza Hut Pan Ham (3 slices—10 oz.) 720 33 11 1,650 Pizza Hut The Big New Yorker Ham (2 slices—12 oz.) 680 26 12 2,320 Domino’s Thin Crust Ham (5 squares) 690 30 12 2,440

NUTRITION ACTION HEALTHLETTER ■ JUNE 2002 7 t t a a F F ) ) d d s t e s t e s a t m s a t m ) m e ) m ie F s a ) a i F s a ) a r s u r r r s u r r l i l m i o a m u m o a u m ig l t a t d l t a t a d ill r a illig r r a g a r o a g a o o g m o ( g m Sausage C T ( S ( S ( Meat-and-Veggie Combos C T S ( S ( Domino’s Hand Tossed Italian Sausage Domino’s Hand Tossed Deluxe (2 slices) 610 24 10 1,440 (2 slices—8 oz.) 600 22 10 1,120 Papa John’s Original Crust The Works Papa John’s Original Crust Sausage (2 slices—11 oz.) 680 30 12 1,880 (2 slices—10 oz.) 640 28 10 1,760 Little Caesars Round Supreme Domino’s Deep Dish Italian Sausage (3 slices—12 oz.) 690 30 12 1,650 (2 slices) 790 38 14 1,920 Domino’s Hand Tossed Extravaganzza Pizza Hut Personal Pan Italian Sausage (2 slices) 700 30 12 1,780 (1 pizza—10 oz.) 740 39 14 1,640 Domino’s Hand Tossed America’s Favorite Pizza Hut Pan Italian Sausage (2 slices) 700 30 13 1,660 (3 slices—9 oz.) 750 39 15 1,680 Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Supreme Domino’s Thin Crust Italian Sausage (3 slices—12 oz.) 730 33 14 1,990 (5 squares) 820 42 17 2,520 Domino’s Deep Dish Deluxe (2 slices) 790 38 14 1,930 Papa John’s Thin Crust Sausage Pizza Hut Thin n’ Crispy Supreme (3 slices—12 oz.) 850 51 18 2,090 (3 slices—11 oz.) 690 36 16 1,920 Pizza Hut Thin n’ Crispy Italian Sausage Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Super Supreme (3 slices—10 oz.) 780 45 19 2,190 (3 slices—13 oz.) 790 38 16 2,310 Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Italian Sausage Pizza Hut Thin n’ Crispy Super Supreme (2 slices—11 oz.) 960 46 21 2,330 (3 slices—12 oz.) 750 42 16 2,280 Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Italian Sausage Pizza Hut Pan Supreme (3 slices—13 oz.) 870 45 16 1,830 (3 slices—13 oz.) 930 49 22 2,480 Pizza Hut Pan Super Supreme Pizza Hut The Big New Yorker Sausage (3 slices—14 oz.) 930 48 16 2,130 (2 slices—16 oz.) 1,140 66 28 3,240 Domino’s Thin Crust Deluxe (5 squares) 820 42 17 2,540 Beef Domino’s Deep Dish America’s Favorite Domino’s Hand Tossed Beef (2 slices) 620 26 11 1,380 (2 slices) 850 44 17 2,160 Pizza Hut Personal Pan Beef Domino’s Deep Dish Extravaganzza (1 pizza—10 oz.) 710 35 14 1,580 (2 slices) 870 45 17 2,270 Domino’s Deep Dish Beef (2 slices) 790 40 15 1,880 Pizza Hut The Big New Yorker Supreme Domino’s Thin Crust Beef (5 squares) 820 44 18 2,470 (2 slices—16 oz.) 900 46 20 2,700 Pizza Hut Thin n’ Crispy Beef Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Supreme (3 slices—10 oz.) 720 42 19 2,040 (2 slices—14 oz.) 970 46 21 2,450 Pizza Hut Pan Beef (3 slices—12 oz.) 900 48 19 1,890 Domino’s Thin Crust Extravaganzza (5 squares) 950 52 21 3,120 Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Beef (2 slices—12 oz.) 930 44 20 2,270 Papa John’s Thin Crust The Works (3 slices—15 oz.) 970 60 21 2,610 Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Beef (3 slices—13 oz.) 900 46 22 2,400 Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Super Supreme (2 slices—14 oz.) 1,010 50 22 2,740 Pizza Hut The Big New Yorker Beef (2 slices—15 oz.) 960 52 22 2,760 Domino’s Thin Crust America’s Favorite (5 squares) 930 51 22 2,920 Bacon or Pork Pizzeria Uno Chicago Classic 1 Domino’s Hand Tossed Bacon (2 slices) 660 28 11 1,500 ( /2 pizza—19 oz.) 1,500 74 30 2,940 Pizza Hut Personal Pan Pork Meat Combos (1 pizza—10 oz.) 700 34 13 1,670 Little Caesars Round Meatsa Pizza Hut Thin n’ Crispy Pork (3 slices—11 oz.) 660 30 12 1,710 (3 slices—10 oz.) 720 39 16 2,220 Papa John’s Original Crust All the Meats Domino’s Deep Dish Bacon (2 slices) 830 43 16 2,000 (2 slices—11 oz.) 780 38 14 2,200 Pizza Hut Pan Pork (3 slices—12 oz.) 870 45 16 1,980 Domino’s Hand Tossed Meatzza (2 slices) 760 34 15 1,940 Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Pork Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Meat Lover’s (2 slices—12 oz.) 920 42 19 2,350 (2 slices—10 oz.) 830 42 19 2,670 Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Pork Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Meat Lover’s (3 slices—13 oz.) 870 44 19 2,500 (3 slices—12 oz.) 870 46 19 2,450 Domino’s Thin Crust Bacon (5 squares) 890 49 19 2,660 Domino’s Deep Dish Meatzza (2 slices) 910 49 19 2,440 Pizza Hut The Big New Yorker Pork Pizza Hut Pan Meat Lover’s (2 slices—15 oz.) 940 50 20 2,940 (3 slices—13 oz.) 990 57 19 2,280

8 NUTRITION ACTION HEALTHLETTER ■ JUNE 2002 t t a a F F d ) d ) t e s t e s s t s t e a ) m e a m i F a ) m a i F ) a ) m a r s r s r r s r s r l iu l iu o a m u m o a m u m l t a t a d l t a t a d a r a r illig a r a r illig o g o o g o ( S g m ( S g m C T ( S ( C T ( S ( Pizza Hut Thin n’ Crispy Meat Lover’s Domino’s Buffalo Hot Wings (3 slices—11 oz.) 840 51 22 2,490 (12 wings—11 oz.) 540 29 8 4,250 Domino’s Thin Crust Meatzza (5 squares) 1,030 59 25 3,400 Pizza Hut Hot Buffalo Wings (10 wings—8 oz.) 530 30 8 2,250 Papa John’s Thin Crust All the Meats (3 slices—14 oz.) 1,180 78 27 3,150 Pizza Hut Garlic Bread (5 pieces—7 oz.) 750 40 8 1,200 Little Caesars Chicken Wings Pizzeria Side Dishes (10 wings—12 oz.) 500 40 10 6,400 Little Caesars Fat Free Italian Dressing (3 Tbs.) 25 0 0 390 Domino’s Double Cheesy Bread (8 pieces—12 oz.) 1,130 49 16 1,460 Little Caesars Tossed Side Salad (4 oz.) 50 1 0 60 Little Caesars Italian Cheese Bread Papa John’s Bread Sticks (8 sticks—16 oz.) 1,120 16 0 2,080 (10 slices—15 oz.) 1,200 60 20 2,400 Papa John’s Garlic Sauce (2 Tbs.) 150 17 2 230 Papa John’s Cheese Sticks Papa John’s Cheese Sauce (2 Tbs.) 60 4 3 230 (7 sticks—15 oz.) 1,260 56 21 2,660 Little Caesars Antipasto Salad (7 oz.) 130 7 4 390 ✔✔ Best Bite. Little Caesars Crazy Bread (8 slices—10 oz.) 720 20 4 960 Notes: Numbers for pizzas in bold come from independent laboratory analyses. Saturated fat numbers in italics include artery-clogging trans fat. Pizza Hut Bread Sticks (5 pieces—8 oz.) 650 20 5 850 Weights not available for most Domino’s pizzas. Domino’s Breadsticks (8 pieces—10 oz.) 930 32 6 1,220 Sources: Independent laboratory analyses and company information. The use of information from this article for commercial purposes is prohibited without written permission from CSPI. ...our latest book! ➤ A venti whole-milk White Chocolate Mocha has as many calories as a Big Mac. ➤ A Mrs. Fields Milk Chocolate Chip Cookie has as much artery-clogging saturated fat as a pork chop.

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After the June Nutrition Action Healthletter went to press, Pizza Hut posted different numbers on its Web site for its Stuffed Crust line of pizzas. Here are Pizza Hut’s numbers (except for the Stuffed Crust Meat Lover’s pizza, which we sent to an independent laboratory for analysis):

Pizza (No. of slices and weight of a typical Calories Total Saturated Sodium serving from a large pizza) Fat Fat (milligrams) (grams) (grams)

Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Ham (2 slices-11 oz.) 660 26 12 2,260

Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Chicken Supreme (2 slices-13 oz.) 700 26 12 2,260

Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Veggie Lover’s (2 slices-13 oz.) 680 28 12 2,060

Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Pepperoni (2 slices-11 oz.) 720 32 14 2,240

Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Cheese (2 slices-11 oz.) 720 32 16 2,180

Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Pork (2 slices-12 oz.) 760 36 16 2,380

Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Beef (2 slices-12 oz.) 780 36 16 2,300

Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Italian Sausage (2 slices-12 oz.) 800 40 16 2,360

Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Supreme (2 slices-13 oz.) 820 40 18 2,440

Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Pepperoni Lover’s (2 slices-12 oz.)840 42 18 2,700

Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Super Supreme (2 slices-14 oz.) 860 44 18 2,720

Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Meat Lover’s (2 slices-10 oz.)* 830 42 19 2,670

* Numbers from independent laboratory analysis, not Pizza Hut.

Source: www.pizzahut.com