When I get together with family, they sometimes order in Pizza Hut ... the pan pizza, not the thin crust.
Anyhow, I always order half of one of the pizzas without cheese to try and save on calories and fat as much as possible.
My question is: The slices on the company's site are listed at 270 calories. Without cheese, though .. how much should I subtract? Or should I just count it as the 270 anyway?
To be honest, I can see the slices being 270 easily without the cheese anyway and am not that trusting of the nutrition information given out by Pizza Hut.
Hmmm well first you would probably need to know how much cheese they put on a pizza before cooking. Also do you take the cheese off after the pizza has been cooked? If so you have to take into account that the fat and oil that is produced on baked cheese is gonna get onto if not into the pizza. Also are you getting just a piece cheese pizza no other topping or with toppings? I venture a guess that one slice is more than 270.
**Just called hubby he used to be a manager at Domino's he said they used about a cup of cheese on average per pizza.**
A cup of cheese. OMG. Well, I did the calculations and it seems it only saves about 35 calories per slice without cheese. So I may as well go ahead and just count it as the whole 270 .....
I do order the pizza without any cheese on half, so it is baked without the cheese. I usually get diced tomato and onion, no meat or anything, so the calories are not that much and the 270 is supposed to be for veggie lovers. But 270 does seem very minimal for a pan pizza slice, with all the oil and cheese .
Now way is pizza hut pan pizza just 270. I looked up hand tossed at calorie king, i specified pizza hut and for a slice of large cheese pizza it was over 300...and that was hand tossed. I used to work at pizza hut when i was a teen and there is A LOT of oil in that crust...it was literally swimming in it when the pizza went in the oven. Will they not let you order your pizza hand tossed? Why not just get a hand tossed veggies lovers, eat the cheese too (cheese is good protien, if you are not eating the cheese you end up with just carbs basically), but just eat two pieces, then have a large salad on the side. That is what i do...works out fine and stays within my normal cals for dinner.
Pizza Hut's Pan Pizza Cheese is 290 a slice, according to the database I found. But personally, I'd be leery of that with Pizza Hut. Their recipe may say that, but they typically pour huge amounts of oil on their pizza, lots more than most other places (290 is a typical cal count for cheese pizza, but if the franchiser adds a lot more oil to it, it could add hundreds of calories).
It's not something to worry about once in awhile but if a dieter eats at Pizza Hut a few times a week, or even consistently just once a week, it could add up to an inability to lose weight as fast.
One thing I noted about the calorie count of pizza is that sometimes the online info will say is it 300 (or whatever) per slice out of eight, when the place I got it from only cut it into 6.
Yeah the breadsticks you order are just the pizza dough cut into strips and seasoned. They do put that oil/butter stuff on the bottom. Next time you order some flip them over and look at the bottom.
Yum is the corporate owner of Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, KFC, Long John Silver's and A&W. It isn't a 3rd party but their owner.
If you are really craving pizza, I highly recommend searching out a local mom & pop that doesn't use a ton of oil in their dough prep. It is still a fairly high calorie item, but way better than the chains.
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