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What a pizza delivers. (Cover Story).


You can serve it to kids or adults. You can serve 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 pineapple, common name for one member of and for the Bromeliaceae, a family of chiefly epiphytic herbs and small shrubs native to the American tropics and subtropics. , or pears to barbecue barbecue [West Indian or South American], in the United States, traditionally an open-air gathering, political or social, in which meats are roasted whole over a pit of embers and food and drink are liberally enjoyed.  chicken, garlic garlic: see onion.
garlic

Bulbous perennial plant (Allium sativum) of the lily family, native to central Asia and growing wild in Italy and southern France. The bulbs are used as a flavouring.
 shrimp, roasted roast  
v. roast·ed, roast·ing, roasts

v.tr.
1. To cook with dry heat, as in an oven or near hot coals.

2. To dry, brown, or parch by exposing to heat.

3.
 duck, or fried 1. (hardware) fried - Non-working due to hardware failure; burnt out. Especially used of hardware brought down by a "power glitch" (see glitch), drop-outs, a short, or some other electrical event.  wontons. And you can accent it with flavors like peanut and sesame sauce, curry and chutney chut·ney  
n.
A pungent relish made of fruits, spices, and herbs.



[Hindi can
, or chilies and salsa.

You can order a thin crust crust

Outermost solid part of the Earth, essentially composed of a range of igneous and metamorphic rock types. In continental regions, the crust is made up chiefly of granitic rock, whereas the composition of the ocean floor corresponds mainly to that of basalt and gabbro.
, thick crust, stuffed crust, pan crust, or practically no crust. You can have it delivered to your door, and it serves more people for less money than virtually any other restaurant food.

It should come as no surprise that Americans order three billion pizza pizza

Food of Neapolitan origin. It consists of a flattened disk of bread dough, typically topped with olive oil, tomatoes, and mozzarella cheese, baked quickly, and served hot. Pizza is eaten throughout Italy, with regional variations in toppings. Pizza came to the U.S.
 pies a year, largely from the more than 60,000 pizzerias that operate out of strip malls strip mall
n.
A shopping complex containing a row of various stores, businesses, and restaurants that usually open onto a common parking lot.

Noun 1.
, food courts, and Main Streets.

The question is: How many of our clogged arteries Arteries
Blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the cells, tissues, and organs of the body.

Mentioned in: Adrenergic Blockers, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors, Antihypertensive Drugs, Hypertension, Thrombolytic Therapy,
 do we owe to this enormously popular dish? And, more to the point: Is there any way to make pizza healthy?

If you don't don't  

1. Contraction of do not.

2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not.

n.
A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts.
 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, rivaling only burger joints. And, in 1999, McDonald's McDonald’s

fast-food restaurant chain throughout the world; recognized by golden arches. [Am. Culture: Misc.]

See : Ubiquity
 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 lous·y  
adj. lous·i·er, lous·i·est
1. Infested with lice.

2. Extremely contemptible; nasty: a lousy trick.

3.
 food, period. On the other hand, some dietitians claim that pizza is nutritious nutritious /nu·tri·tious/ (noo-trish´us) affording nourishment.

nu·tri·tious
adj.
Providing nourishment; nourishing.



nutritious

affording nourishment.
 because it has components of each of the four basic food groups.

"You get your grain in the crust; you get tomato sauce, which can count as your vegetable; a cheese, which is your dairy; and protein in many toppings," Connie
"Connie" was also a nickname for the Lockheed Constellation.


Connie is a British television drama made for ITV by Central Television and shown in 1985.
 Diekman, a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association The American Dietetic Association (ADA) is the United States' largest organization of food and nutrition professionals, with nearly 65,000 members. Approximately 75 % of ADA's members are registered dietitians and about 4 % are dietetic technicians, registered. , explained to HealthScout News, an on-line consumer health site, in December December: see month.  2000.

Never mind that almost all pizzas are loaded with salt, sometimes over a day's worth. Never mind that pizza is a minefield of saturated fat saturated fat, any solid fat that is an ester of glycerol and a saturated fatty acid. The molecules of a saturated fat have only single bonds between carbon atoms; if double bonds are present in the fatty acid portion of the molecule, the fat is said to be , and not just from the sausage sausage, food consisting of finely chopped meat mixed with seasonings and, often, other ingredients, all encased in a thin membrane. Although sausages were made by the ancient Greeks and Romans, they were usually plain and unspiced; in the Middle Ages people began to , ground beef, and pepperoni. Most pizzas have enough cheese to make a cardiologist Cardiologist
Doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating heart diseases.

Mentioned in: Electrophysiology Study of the Heart, Lithotripsy


cardiologist

a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.
 order that second Jaguar. And, for many people, pizza isn't is·n't  

Contraction of is not.


isn't is not
isn't be
 pizza without cheese.

Playing the Numbers

If you take the time to contact the companies or check the Web sites, the nation's largest pizza sellers--Pizza Hut, Domino's, Little Caesars Little Caesars is estimated to be the fourth-largest pizza restaurant chain in the United States.[1] The company claims to be the largest carry-out pizza chain in the world as well as a favorite late-night stop of Quizno Dan's. , and Papa John's--will tell you how much saturated fat, sodium sodium, a metallic chemical element; symbol Na [Lat. natrium]; at. no. 11; at. wt. 22.98977; m.p. 97.81°C;; b.p. 892.9°C;; sp. gr. 0.971 at 20°C;; valence +1. Sodium is a soft, silver-white metal. , and other nutrients their pizzas contain. But are their numbers accurate? And what about smaller, sit-down sit-down
n.
1. A work stoppage in which the workers refuse to leave their place of employment until their demands are considered or met. Also called sit-down strike.

2.
 chains like California Pizza Kitchen California Pizza Kitchen (NASDAQ: CPKI, known within the food industry as CPK) is a casual dining restaurant chain that specializes in California-style pizza. The restaurant was started in 1985 by attorneys Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax in Beverly Hills, California,  and Pizzeria Uno Uno

The symbol for the element unniloctium.


UNO United Nations Organization

UNO n abbr (= United Nations Organization) → ONU f 
, which offer no numbers at all? To find out, we bought samples from big and not-so-big chains across the country and sent them to an independent laboratory for analysis (see "How We Got Our Numbers," p. 4).

The good news is that the numbers provided by the chains are pretty accurate (though in some cases, companies serve less pizza than they promise). The companies seem to have a good handle on what's between the crust and the mushrooms, especially considering that it's it's  

1. Contraction of it is.

2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its.


it's it is or it has
it's be ~have
 often an 18-year-old who's who's  

1. Contraction of who is.

2. Contraction of who has.


who's who is or who has
who's
short for who is, who has.
 sprinkling on the shredded shred  
n.
1. A long irregular strip that is cut or torn off.

2. A small amount; a particle: not a shred of evidence.

tr.v.
 cheese and green peppers. The bad news is that they're they're  

Contraction of they are.

they're be
 sprinkling a lot more cheese than peppers.

Here's a rundown Rundown

A summary of the amount and prices of a serial bond issue that is still available for purchase.


rundown

A list of available bonds in a municipal issue of serial bonds.
 of what to expect from your next pizza. Our charts (starting on p. 6) include numbers for the 15 pizzas we analyzed an·a·lyze  
tr.v. an·a·lyzed, an·a·lyz·ing, an·a·lyz·es
1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations.

2. Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of.

3.
 (they're in bold) and company information for dozens of others. Just remember that what you get from a pizza depends on how much you eat.

What's a Serving?

One slice is rarely enough, especially when chains like Pizza Hut cut their large pies into slices that measure only 3 1/2 inches at their widest.

But how many slices is a typical serving? Since no one has good data, we used Pizza Hut's Personal Pan Cheese Pizza as a guide. It's meant to be eaten by one person, and it weighs roughly nine ounces. So, for each crust at each chain, we calculated the number of whole slices of cheese pizza that come closest to nine ounces.

That gave us a serving size of two to five slices, depending on the chain and the type of crust. In each case, it worked out to a quarter to a third of a large (14-inch) pizza per person. (A typical serving of pizza with topping weighs more than nine ounces, but we assumed that if you're you're  

Contraction of you are.


you're you are
you're be
 a three-slice-eater, for example, you generally stick with three slices whether the pizza has toppings or not.)

Exceptions: For California Pizza Kitchen, we used an entire 14-ounce pizza as a single serving, because that's how it's usually served. And for Pizzeria Uno, we used half a pizza (19 ounces), because the company's Web site says that each regular pie serves two.

Obviously, no one serving size applies to everyone. So as you look through the chart, first check the serving (in parentheses See parenthesis.

parentheses - See left parenthesis, right parenthesis.
 following each pizza's name). That way, you can adjust the number of slices--and the fat, sat fat, etc.--to match what you eat.

Cheese

A plain cheese pizza is the basic, stripped-down stripped-down
adj.
Having only essential or minimal features; lacking anything extra: a stripped-down stage setting; a stripped-down budget.

Adj. 1.
 model. But don't assume that it has the least amount of saturated fat. At Pizza Hut, for example, three slices of the Pan Cheese Pizza (Pan is the most popular crust) have 12 grams of sat fat--more than half a day's worth. That's in the same ball-park as three slices of Pan Pepperoni (13 grams) or Pan Ham Ham, in the Bible
Ham, in the Bible, son of Noah. In biblical ethnography, Ham is the father of the nations Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan. In a story separate from the flood narrative, the legend related in the Book of Genesis and in the Qur'an suggests
 (11 grams).

The same generally holds true at Domino's, Little Caesars, Papa John's, and most other chains. Just keep in mind that not all cheese pizzas are alike, even at the same chain.

Take Pizza Hut. You'll you'll  

Contraction of you will.


you'll you will or you shall
you'll will
 get 12 grams of sat fat in a serving of Pan or Personal Pan, 14 grams in Thin n' Crispy crisp·y  
adj. crisp·i·er, crisp·i·est
1. Firm but easily broken or crumbled; crisp.

2. Having small curls, waves, or ripples.
 or Hand Tossed, 18 grams in The Big New Yorker yorker
Noun

Cricket a ball bowled so as to pitch just under or just beyond the bat [probably after the Yorkshire County Cricket Club]
, and 20 grams (a day's worth) in the Stuffed Crust. The last two will also give you 750+ calories and close to a day's worth of sodium.

Half-the-Cheese & No-Cheese

The simple solution to fatty pizzas: Order half the cheese. It's not on the menu, but any pizzeria should be happy to oblige, since it costs the kitchen less. Just make sure that the harried 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 example, we got anywhere from 25 percent to 75 percent less cheese than the chain's regular cheese pizza. Still, on average, that meant that a half-cheese serving had a third less sat fat. You probably won't won't  

Contraction of will not.


won't will not
won't will
 even notice the difference in taste.

You can even try a pizza without any of the usual melted melt  
v. melt·ed, melt·ing, melts

v.intr.
1. To be changed from a solid to a liquid state especially by the application of heat.

2.
 mozzarella moz·za·rel·la  
n.
A mild white Italian cheese that has a rubbery texture and is often eaten melted, as on pizza.



[Italian, diminutive of mozza, a cut, mozzarella, from mozzare,
. If the pizzeria offers Parmesan, order a cheeseless veggie or chicken pizza and ask to have some Parmesan sprinkled over the pie before it goes into the oven. At some restaurants, creativity replaces cheese. California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W).  Pizza Kitchen's Tricolore Salad Pizza is smothered smoth·er  
v. smoth·ered, smoth·er·ing, smoth·ers

v.tr.
1.
a. To suffocate (another).

b. To deprive (a fire) of the oxygen necessary for combustion.

2.
 with arugula arugula
 or rocket

Yellowish-flowered European herbaceous plant (Eruca vesicaria sativa), of the mustard family, cultivated for its foliage, which is used especially in salads.
, radicchio ra·dic·chi·o  
n. pl. ra·dic·chi·os
Any of several varieties of chicory, having red or red-spotted leaves that form globose or elongated heads.
, red-leaf lettuce lettuce, annual garden plant (Lactuca sativa and varieties) of the family Asteraceae (aster family), probably native to the East Indies or Asia Minor, possibly as a derivative of the widespread weed called wild lettuce (L. scariola). L. , diced tomatoes In the simplest definition, diced tomatoes are just that, tomatoes that have been diced. In the United States retail environment, however, the term refers to a relatively recent arrival in the processed tomato market, generally consisting of canned chunks of plum tomatoes in tomato , shaved shave  
v. shaved, shaved or shav·en , shav·ing, shaves

v.tr.
1.
a. To remove the beard or other body hair from, with a razor or shaver:
 Parmesan, and a vinaigrette dressing. Bravissimo bra·vis·si·mo  
interj.
Used to express great approval, especially of a performance.



[Italian, superlative of bravo, fine; see bravo1.]
!

Extra Cheese

Who would ever guess that two slices of Domino's Hand Tossed Extra Cheese Pizza pose the same threat to your blood vessels Blood vessels

Tubular channels for blood transport, of which there are three principal types: arteries, capillaries, and veins. Only the larger arteries and veins in the body bear distinct names.
 as two slices of Hand Tossed Sausage or Pepperoni Pizza? The same is probably true at most other chains, though Domino's was the only company that gave us numbers for its extra-cheese pizza.

As if extra cheese on your pizza weren't were·n't  

Contraction of were not.


weren't were not
 enough, the experts at Pizza Hut have come up with a brilliant way to work more cheese into your pizza--Stuffed Crust. You need cheese stuffed into a pizza crust like you need reverse liposuction Liposuction Definition

Liposuction, also known as lipoplasty or suction-assisted lipectomy, is cosmetic surgery performed to remove unwanted deposits of fat from under the skin.
 to force more fat under your skin.

Veggie

When you order a veggie pizza at chains like Pizza Hut or Papa John's, it typically comes with less cheese than a plain cheese pizza. It's a win-win win-win
adj.
Of or being a situation in which the outcome benefits each of two often opposing groups: a win-win proposition for the buyer and the seller.
: You get more flavor, more fiber, more phytochemicals, and less fat.

But beware be·ware  
v. be·wared, be·war·ing, be·wares

v.tr.
To be on guard against; be cautious of: "Beware the ides of March" Shakespeare.

v.
: At other chains, like Domino's, you may get as much or more cheese on a veggie than on a regular cheese pizza. According to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 Domino's brochures, its Vegi Pizza has extra cheese. Our analyses turned up equal amounts in a Vegi and a Cheese, but you may not be so lucky.

Chicken

Chicken on a pizza may not be traditional, but it can be delicious ... and less fatty than most red-meat toppings. Only pizzas topped with ham or veggies Veggies of Nottingham, also known as Veggies Catering Campaign, is a campaigning group based in Nottingham, England, promoting ethicalbum alternatives to mainstream fast food.  fall into the same sat-fat range as chicken-topped pizzas. And if you order your chicken pizza with less cheese than usual, the chicken should help distract even die-hard die-hard also die·hard
adj.
Stubbornly resisting change or clinging to a seemingly hopeless or outdated cause.

n.
One who stubbornly resists change or tenaciously adheres to a seemingly hopeless or outdated cause:
 cheese lovers.

A sign of chicken's potential: California Pizza Kitchen's two most popular pizzas are The Original BBQ BBQ barbecue  Chicken and the Thai Chicken. The BBQ has only 170 calories and two grams of sat fat per slice (a sixth of a pizza). The problem is that no one eats one slice. California Pizza Kitchen serves an entire pizza as a single serving. Suddenly, you're talking 1,000 calories, 2,060 mg of sodium, and 32 grams of fat, 14 of them saturated saturated /sat·u·rat·ed/ (sach´ah-rat?ed)
1. denoting a chemical compound that has only single bonds and no double or triple bonds between atoms.

2. unable to hold in solution any more of a given substance.
. Tip: Split one of CPK's pizzas and an entree-size salad with your dining companion Noun 1. dining companion - someone you dine with
tablemate

diner - a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant)
.

Ham

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 red-meat toppings. At Pizza Hut, for example, you'll get less sat fat from the Personal Pan Ham, Thin n' Crispy Ham, Big New Yorker Ham, or Pan Ham Pizza than from a plain Cheese Pizza with each of those crusts. And at Domino's, ham adds less than 50 calories to a two-slice serving of Hand Tossed Cheese Pizza.

Pepperoni

Pepperoni is by far the most popular pizza topping. At Domino's, those thin spicy slices add an extra two grams of saturated fat and 420 milligrams of sodium to two slices of Hand Tossed Cheese Pizza. If you think that's a bargain, remember that every slice of the Hand Tossed Pepperoni is nearly the equivalent of a McDonald's Egg McMuffin The McMuffin is the brand name for a breakfast sandwich available at McDonald's consisting of a slice of Canadian bacon, a grill-cooked egg, and a slice of cheese on a buttered, toasted English muffin. .

Things are no better over at Pizza Hut. A three-slice serving of Pan Pepperoni Pizza--the most popular chain's most popular pizza--is not much different than a Quarter Pounder The Quarter Pounder is a sandwich sold by international fast food chain McDonald's. Along with the Big Mac, it is one of McDonald's two signature products. Product description  with Cheese. The damage: 690 calories, 1,620 mg 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 Pepperoni Lover's (19 grams) or two slices of Stuffed Crust Pepperoni Lover's (25 grams--what you'd you'd  

1. Contraction of you had.

2. Contraction of you would.


you'd you had or you would
you'd have ~would
 get from two Quarter Pounders with Cheese).

Sausage

At Domino's, the sausage pizza has no more saturated fat than the pepperoni. But that's nothing to crow about. How many of the 600 calories in a two-slice serving of the chain's Hand Tossed Sausage Pizza are going to end up as a spare tire where you least need it? And how many of the ten grams of saturated fat will take up residence in your arteries?

At Pizza Hut, the Pan Italian Sausage This article or section may deal primarily with the U.S. and may not present a worldwide view.  Pizza is fattier than the Pan Pepperoni. And three slices of the Hand Tossed Italian Sausage approach the 1,000-calorie mark. They've they've  

Contraction of they have.

they've have
 also got more than a day's worth of saturated fat (22 grams) and sodium (2,480 mg). That's what happens when you layer a fatty meat over fatty cheese. You might as well polish off five Beef Soft Tacos at Taco Bell Taco Bell Corp., a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc., is a Mexican-style quick service restaurant chain based in Irvine, California, United States. The restaurant has locations primarily in the United States and Canada, but also operates outlets in several other markets. .

But even the Hand Tossed looks good compared to Pizza Hut's Big New Yorker Sausage Pizza. The Big NY manages to cram 1,140 calories, 3,240 mg of sodium, and 66 grams of fat (28 of them saturated) into two slices. That's not a serving of pizza--it's a T-bone T-bone
n.
A thick porterhouse steak taken from the small end of the loin and containing a T-shaped bone. Also called T-bone steak.
 steak dinner with salad and a baked Baked can refer to a wide variety of things.

Cooking:
  • Baked (food), Baking is the technique of cooking food in an oven
  • Get Baked, slang common place throughout USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand; alluding to the consumption of Cannabis
 potato sprinkled with a teaspoon tea·spoon
n.
Abbr. tsp., tsp A measure of about 1 fluid dram or 5 milliliters.



teaspoon

a household unit of volume or capacity approximately equal to 5 milliliters.
 of salt.

Beef

Add beef to your pizza at your own risk. At Domino's, the beef pizzas range from 11 grams of sat fat (for two slices of Hand Tossed) to 18 grams (for five squares of Thin Crust). Three slices of Pizza Hut's Hand Tossed or two slices of The Big New Yorker Beef hit 22 grams. Those numbers should come as no surprise. After all, we're we're  

Contraction of we are.


we're we are
 talking ground beef, not sirloin steak. You also get ground beef and cheese on a Burger King Whopper Whopper - WarGames  with Cheese, but three slices of Pizza Hut's Pan Beef Pizza have an extra 120 calories and 500 mg of sodium.

Bacon or Pork pork, flesh of swine prepared as food, one of the principal commodities of the meatpacking industry. Pork has long been a staple food in most of the world, although religious taboos have limited its use, especially among Jews and Muslims.  

Domino's offers fatty bacon pizzas; Pizza Hut goes with fatty ground pork instead. The numbers on either should qualify you for a time-share time-share
v. time-shared, time-shar·ing, time-shares

v.tr.
1. Computer Science To use (a computer) by time-sharing.

2. To occupy (a vacation property) by time-sharing.

v.
 at the cardiac cardiac /car·di·ac/ (-ak)
1. pertaining to the heart.

2. pertaining to the cardia.


car·di·ac
adj.
1. Of, near, or relating to the heart.

2.
 care unit (make sure it has a functioning blood pressure gauge pressure gauge

Instrument for measuring the condition of a fluid (liquid or gas) that is specified by the force the fluid would apply, when at rest, to a unit area, such as pounds per square inch (psi) or pascals (Pa).
). At Pizza Hut, the Hand Tossed or Stuffed Crust Pork is as fatty as the Hand Tossed or Stuffed Crust Meat Lover's.

Combos This article is about the snack food product. For other uses, see Combo.
Combos, officially called Combos Snacks, invented in the mid 1970s, are a snack food created and distributed by Mars Incorporated.
 

Pepperoni or sausage or ham or beef was enough to satisfy customers for decades ... until the pizza chains ratcheted up the stakes. Why stop with just one meat when you can drown drown  
v. drowned, drown·ing, drowns

v.tr.
1. To kill by submerging and suffocating in water or another liquid.

2. To drench thoroughly or cover with or as if with a liquid.

3.
 a pizza in pepperoni, sausage, ham, bacon, beef, and pork toppings?

Domino's Meatzza, Little Caesars Meatsa, Papa John's All the Meats, Pizza Hut Meat Lover's or Super Supreme. Some of them can give you more than a day's saturated fat and sodium and 800-or-so calories. Talk about piling on.

You'd be smart to avoid the entire Pizza Hut "Lover's" line except the Veggie Lover's. "Our Lover's Line pizzas pack on more of your favorite toppings!" boasts Pizza Hut's menu. They pack it on, all right--just where you need it least.

But the Big Daddy of the combo pizzas is Pizzeria Uno's Chicago Chicago, city, United States
Chicago (shĭkä`gō, shĭkô`gō), city (1990 pop. 2,783,726), seat of Cook co., NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1837.
 Classic--the worst pizza we found. It's "the pizza that made us famous," proclaims Pizzeria Uno. "Extra sausage, extra cheese, extra tomato, extra crisp crust, and extra delicious."

Extra you is more like it.

A "regular" pizza serves two, according to Pizzeria Uno's Web site. Two teenage football players, maybe. How many people can shovel 1,500 calories and 1 1/2 days' saturated fat into their mouths and still stay upright upright

said of limb joints and bones, especially in the horse. Indicates a lack of angulation in the joint, e.g. upright hock, or slope in a bone, e.g. upright pastern. In horses, often associated with a bumpy ride and a tendency to joint injury and lameness.
?

How We Got Our Numbers

We bought 15 popular kinds of pizza at 36 pizzerias in Chicago, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , and Washington Washington, town, England
Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area.
, D.C. We made a composite out of six samples of each kind of pizza (for example, equal portions of two Pizza Hut Pan Pepperoni Pizzas from each of the three cities


The Three Cities is a collective description of the three fortified cities of Cospicua, Vittoriosa, and Senglea on the Island of Malta, which are enclosed by the massive line of fortification created by the Knights of St John, the Cottonera Lines.
 were mixed together). We analyzed each composite for calories, fat, saturated fat, trans fat trans fat  
n.
1. A trans fatty acid.

2. Trans fatty acids considered as a group.



trans fat  

A fat containing trans fatty acids.
, and sodium.

PIZZA STRATEGIES

* Pick the right toppings. Vegetables are lowest in calories and richest in nutrients. Chicken and ham are second best. Meat toppings vary from chain to chain, but in general, pepperoni is leaner than pork, sausage, and beef.

* Order a half-the-cheese or no-cheese pizza. Half the cheese works with almost any pizza. No-cheese works best with creative toppings like California Pizza Kitchen's Tricolore Salad Pizza. If the pizzeria offers Parmesan, order a cheese-less veggie or chicken pizza and ask to have some Parmesan sprinkled over the pie before it goes into the oven.

* Skip the hidden cheese. When you order a vegetable pizza, make sure it doesn't does·n't  

Contraction of does not.
 come with the extra cheese that some chains automatically add. And don,t forget: That's cheese in those stuffed crust pizzas too.

* Steer clear of multi-meat pizzas. With these extravagantly unhealthy pizzas, more clearly means much more. Watch out for names like Meat Lover's, Meatzza, All the Meats, and Super Supreme.

* Get it with a salad. You'll escape with far less damage if you don't have a pizza-only meal. If you're calling Little Casears, order a salad to go with your pizza and cut down on the number of slices you eat. At Pizza Hut and most of the other big delivery chains, you probably won't find anything green on the menu. So fill in by serving baby carrots In North America the term baby carrot is commonly applied to either miniature carrots harvested before their roots develop or adult carrots chopped into smaller pieces. Taking fully grown carrots and chopping them into smaller pieces was the idea of California farmer Mike Yurosek.  or sliced red or green peppers or cucumbers with light ranch dressing Ranch dressing is an American condiment. The dressing is made of buttermilk or sour cream, mayonnaise, minced green onion, and other seasonings mixed into a sauce. Ranch dressing is one of the top two styles of salad dressing in the United States, together with blue cheese. . Or slice up Verb 1. slice up - cut into slices; "Slice the salami, please"
slice

cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
 some honeydew, cantaloupe cantaloupe: see gourd; melon. , or watermelon watermelon, plant (Citrullus vulgaris) of the family Curcurbitaceae (gourd family) native to Africa and introduced to America by Africans transported as slaves. Watermelons are now extensively cultivated in the United States and are popular also in S Russia. .

* Don't take sides. Once you go beyond salad, pizzeria side dishes side dish
n.
A dish served as an accompaniment to the main course.

Noun 1. side dish - a dish that is served with, but is subordinate to, a main course
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The Pie Chart A graphical representation of information in which each unit of data is represented as a pie-shaped piece of a circle. See business graphics.  

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 each name) before any other numbers. That way, you can adjust the number of slices--and the calories, sat fat, etc.--to match what you eat.

The numbers used to compile To translate a program written in a high-level programming language into machine language. See compiler.  the chart were provided by the pizza chains, except for the 15 kinds of pizza we had analyzed. Those are listed in bold.

Best Bites contain no more than six grams of saturated fat in a typical serving. Within each category, pizzas are ranked from best to worst--from least to most saturated fat, then total fat, calories, and sodium.
Pizza
(No. of slices and weight of a typical
serving from a large pizza)

                                                            Total Fat
                                                 Calories    (grams)
Cheese

[check][check] Domino's Hand Tossed Cheese,
                 with half the cheese
                 (2 slices--7 oz.)                  480        12
               Domino's Hand Tossed Cheese
                 (2 slices--7 oz.)                  500        14
               Little Caesars Deep Dish Cheese
                 (4 squares--9 oz.)                 560        20
               Papa John's Original Crust
                 Cheese (2 slices--8 oz.)           560        20
               Little Caesars Round Cheese
                 (3 slices--8 oz.)                  600        18
               Domino's Thin Crust Cheese
                 (5 squares--9 oz.)                 640        28
               Domino's Deep Dish Cheese
                 (2 slices--9 oz.)                  680        30
               Pizza Hut Pan Cheese
                 (3 slices--8 oz.)                  630        27
               Pizza Hut Personal Pan Cheese
                 (1 pizza--9 oz.)                   630        28
               Papa John's Thin Crust Cheese
                 (3 slices--10 oz.)                 700        39
               Little Caesars Thin Crust
                 Cheese (5 squares--10 oz.)         650        30
               Pizza Hut Thin n' Crispy Cheese
                 (3 slices--8 oz.)                  540        24
               Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Cheese
                 (3 slices--10 oz.)                 650        27
               Pizza Hut The Big New Yorker
                 Cheese (2 slices--12 oz.)          760        34
               Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Cheese
                 (2 slices--11 oz.)                 890        38

Extra Cheese

               Domino's Hand Tossed Extra
                 Cheese (2 slices--8 oz.)           560        20
               Domino's Deep Dish Extra Cheese
                 (2 slices)                         740        35
               Domino's Thin Crust Extra
                 Cheese (5 squares)                 750        37

Veggie

[check][check] Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Veggie
                 Lover's (3 slices--9 oz.)          550        14
[check][check] Papa John's Original Crust
                 Garden Special
                 (2 slices--11 oz.)                 560        20
               Domino's Hand Tossed Vegi
                 (2 slices--8 oz.)                  520        16
               Pizza Hut Thin n' Crispy Veggie
                 Lover's (3 slices--11 oz.)         510        18
               Little Caesars Round Veggie
                 (3 slices--12 oz.)                 570        21
               Pizza Hut Pan Veggie Lover's
                 (3 slices--12 oz.)                 720        33
               Papa John's Thin Crust Garden
                 Special (3 slices--13 oz.)         680        36
               Pizza Hut The Big New Yorker
                 Veggie Lover's
                 (2 slices--24 oz.)                 900        44
               Domino's Deep Dish Vegi
                 (2 slices)                         770        36
               Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Veggie
                 Lover's (2 slices--14 oz.)         840        34
               Domino's Thin Crust Vegi
                 (5 squares)                        780        38

Chicken

               Pizza Hut Thin n' Crispy
                 Chicken Supreme
                 (3 slices--11 oz.)                 540        18
               Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Chicken
                 Supreme (3 slices--12 oz.)         630        19
               Pizza Hut Pan Chicken Supreme
                 (3 slices--12 oz.)                 720        33
               California Pizza Kitchen
                 Original BBQ Chicken
                 (1 pizza--14 oz.)                1,000        32
               Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Chicken
                 Supreme (2 slices--13 oz.)         860        34

Ham

               Domino's Hand Tossed Ham
                 (2 slices)                         540        16
               Pizza Hut Personal Pan Ham
                 (1 pizza--9 oz.)                   580        23
               Pizza Hut Thin n' Crispy Ham
                 (3 slices--8 oz.)                  450        18
               Domino's Hand Tossed Hawaiian
                 (2 slices)                         620        22
               Domino's Deep Dish Ham
                 (2 slices)                         710        31
               Pizza Hut Pan Ham
                 (3 slices--10 oz.)                 720        33
               Pizza Hut The Big New Yorker
                 Ham (2 slices--12 oz.)             680        26
               Domino's Thin Crust Ham
                 (5 squares)                        690        30
               Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Ham
                 (3 slices--11 oz.)                 710        27
               Domino's Deep Dish Hawaiian
                 (2 slices)                         780        36
               Domino's Thin Crust Hawaiian
                 (5 squares)                        810        38
               Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Ham
                 (2 slices--11 oz.)                 810        44

Pepperoni

               Domino's Hand Tossed Pepperoni
                 (2 slices--7 oz.)                  560        20
               Papa John's Original Crust
                 Pepperoni (2 slices--9 oz.)        600        24
               Little Caesars Deep Dish
                 Pepperoni (4 squares--10 oz.)      640        28
               Pizza Hut Thin n' Crispy
                 Pepperoni (3 slices--8 oz.)        510        24
               Little Caesars Round Pepperoni
                 (3 slices--9 oz.)                  600        24
               Pizza Hut Personal Pan
                 Pepperoni (1 pizza--9 oz.)         620        28
               Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Pepperoni
                 Lover's (3 slices--10 oz.)         680        30
               Pizza Hut Pan Pepperoni
                 (3 slices--8 oz.)                  690        33
               Pizza Hut The Big New Yorker
                 Pepperoni (2 slices--12 oz.)       740        32
               Domino's Deep Dish Pepperoni
                 (2 slices)                         780        38
               Papa John's Thin Crust
                 Pepperoni (3 slices--10 oz.)       800        48
               Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Pepperoni
                 (3 slices--11 oz.)                 760        35
               Pizza Hut Thin n' Crispy
                 Pepperoni Lover's
                 (3 slices--9 oz.)                  690        36
               Domino's Thin Crust Pepperoni
                 (5 squares)                        800        42
               Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust
                 Pepperoni (2 slices--12 oz.)       880        38
               Little Caesars Thin Crust
                 Pepperoni (5 squares--11 oz.)      800        45
               Pizza Hut Pan Pepperoni Lover's
                 (3 slices--12 oz.)                 900        48
               Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust
                 Pepperoni Lover's
                 (2 slices--14 oz.)               1,050        52

Sausage

               Domino's Hand Tossed Italian
                 Sausage (2 slices--8 oz.)          600        22
               Papa John's Original Crust
                 Sausage (2 slices--10 oz.)         640        28
               Domino's Deep Dish Italian
                 Sausage (2 slices)                 790        38
               Pizza Hut Personal Pan Italian
                 Sausage (1 pizza--10 oz.)          740        39
               Pizza Hut Pan Italian Sausage
                 (3 slices--9 oz.)                  750        39
               Domino's Thin Crust Italian
                 Sausage (5 squares)                820        42
               Papa John's Thin Crust Sausage
                 (3 slices--12 oz.)                 850        51
               Pizza Hut Thin n' Crispy
                 Italian Sausage
                 (3 slices--10 oz.)                 780        45
               Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Italian
                 Sausage (2 slices--11 oz.)         960        46
               Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Italian
                 Sausage (3 slices--13 oz.)         930        49
               Pizza Hut The Big New Yorker
                 Sausage (2 slices--16 oz.)       1,140        66

Beef

               Domino's Hand Tossed Beef
                 (2 slices)                         620        26
               Pizza Hut Personal Pan Beef
                 (1 pizza--10 oz.)                  710        35
               Domino's Deep Dish Beef
                 (2 slices)                         790        40
               Domino's Thin Crust Beef
                 (5 squares)                        820        44
               Pizza Hut Thin n' Crispy Beef
                 (3 slices--10 oz.)                 720        42
               Pizza Hut Pan Beef
                 (3 slices--12 oz.)                 900        48
               Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Beef
                 (2 slices--12 oz.)                 930        44
               Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Beef
                 (3 slices--13 oz.)                 900        46
               Pizza Hut The Big New Yorker
                 Beef (2 slices--15 oz.)            960        52

Bacon or Pork

               Domino's Hand Tossed Bacon
                 (2 slices)                         660        28
               Pizza Hut Personal Pan Pork
                 (1 pizza--10 oz.)                  700        34
               Pizza Hut Thin n' Crispy Pork
                 (3 slices--10 oz.)                 720        39
               Domino's Deep Dish Bacon
                 (2 slices)                         830        43
               Pizza Hut Pan Pork
                 (3 slices--12 oz.)                 870        45
               Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Pork
                 (2 slices--12 oz.)                 920        42
               Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Pork
                 (3 slices--13 oz.)                 870        44
               Domino's Thin Crust Bacon
                 (5 squares)                        890        49
               Pizza Hut The Big New Yorker
                 Pork (2 slices--15 oz.)            940        50

Meat-and-Veggie Combos

               Domino's Hand Tossed Deluxe
                 (2 slices)                         610        24
               Papa John's Original Crust The
                 Works (2 slices--11 oz.)           680        30
               Little Caesars Round Supreme
                 (3 slices--12 oz.)                 690        30
               Domino's Hand Tossed
                 Extravaganzza (2 slices)           700        30
               Domino's Hand Tossed America's
                 Favorite (2 slices)                700        30
               Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Supreme
                 (3 slices--12 oz.)                 730        33
               Domino's Deep Dish Deluxe
                 (2 slices)                         790        38
               Pizza Hut Thin n' Crispy
                 Supreme (3 slices--11 oz.)         690        36
               Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Super
                 Supreme (3 slices--13 oz.)         790        38
               Pizza Hut Thin n' Crispy Super
                 Supreme (3 slices--12 oz.)         750        42
               Pizza Hut Pan Supreme
                 (3 slices--13 oz.)                 870        45
               Pizza Hut Pan Super Supreme
                 (3 slices--14 oz.)                 930        48
               Domino's Thin Crust Deluxe
                 (5 squares)                        820        42
               Domino's Deep Dish America's
                 Favorite (2 slices)                850        44
               Domino's Deep Dish
                 Extravaganzza (2 slices)           870        45
               Pizza Hut The Big New Yorker
                 Supreme (2 slices--16 oz.)         900        46
               Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Supreme
                 (2 slices--14 oz.)                 970        46
               Domino's Thin Crust
                 Extravaganzza (5 squares)          950        52
               Papa John's Thin Crust The
                 Works (3 slices--15 oz.)           970        60
               Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Super
                 Supreme (2 slices--14 oz.)       1,010        50
               Domino's Thin Crust America's
                 Favorite (5 squares)               930        51
               Pizzeria Uno Chicago Classic
                 (1/2 pizza--19 oz.)              1,500        74

Meat Combos

               Little Caesars Round Meatsa
                 (3 slices--11 oz.)                 660        30
               Papa John's Original Crust All
                 the Meats (2 slices--11 oz.)       780        38
               Domino's Hand Tossed Meatzza
                 (2 slices)                         760        34
               Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Meat
                 Lover's (2 slices--10 oz.)         830        42
               Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Meat
                 Lover's (3 slices--12 oz.)         870        46
               Domino's Deep Dish Meatzza
                 (2 slices)                         910        49
               Pizza Hut Pan Meat Lover's,
                 (3 slices--13 oz.)                 990        57
               Pizza Hut Thin n' Crispy Meat
                 Lover's (3 slices--11 oz.)         840        51
               Domino's Thin Crust Meatzza
                 (5 squares)                      1,030        59
               Papa John's Thin Crust All the
                 Meats (3 slices--14 oz.)         1,180        78

Pizzeria Side Dishes

               Little Caesars Fat Free Italian
                 Dressing (3 Tbs.)                   25         0
               Little Caesars Tossed Side
                 Salad (4 oz.)                       50         1
               Papa John's Bread Sticks
                 (8 sticks--16 oz.)               1,120        16
               Papa John's Garlic Sauce
                 (2 Tbs.)                           150        17
               Papa John's Cheese Sauce
                 (2 Tbs.)                            60         4
               Little Caesars Antipasto Salad
                 (7 oz.)                            130         7
               Little Caesars Crazy Bread
                 (8 slices--10 oz.)                 720        20
               Pizza Hut Bread Sticks
                 (5 pieces--8 oz.)                  650        20
               Domino's Breadsticks
                 (8 pieces--10 oz.)                 930        32
               Domino's Buffalo Hot Wings
                 (12 wings--11 oz.)                 540        29
               Pizza Hut Hot Buffalo Wings
                 (10 wings--8 oz.)                  530        30
               Pizza Hut Garlic Bread
                 (5 pieces--7 oz.)                  750        40
               Little Caesars Chicken Wings
                 (10 wings--12 oz.)                 500        40
               Domino's Double Cheesy Bread
                 (8 pieces--12 oz.)               1,130        49
               Little Caesars Italian Cheese
                 Bread (10 slices--15 oz.)        1,200        60
               Papa John's Cheese Sticks
                 (7 sticks--15 oz.)               1,260        56

                                                 Saturated   Sodium
                                                    Fat      (milli-
                                                  (grams)    grams)
Cheese

[check][check] Domino's Hand Tossed Cheese,
                 with half the cheese
                 (2 slices--7 oz.)                   5          800
               Domino's Hand Tossed Cheese
                 (2 slices--7 oz.)                   8          880
               Little Caesars Deep Dish Cheese
                 (4 squares--9 oz.)                  8        1,120
               Papa John's Original Crust
                 Cheese (2 slices--8 oz.)            9        1,440
               Little Caesars Round Cheese
                 (3 slices--8 oz.)                  10          990
               Domino's Thin Crust Cheese
                 (5 squares--9 oz.)                 11        1,950
               Domino's Deep Dish Cheese
                 (2 slices--9 oz.)                  11        1,580
               Pizza Hut Pan Cheese
                 (3 slices--8 oz.)                  12        1,170
               Pizza Hut Personal Pan Cheese
                 (1 pizza--9 oz.)                   12        1,370
               Papa John's Thin Crust Cheese
                 (3 slices--10 oz.)                 12        1,490
               Little Caesars Thin Crust
                 Cheese (5 squares--10 oz.)         13        1,600
               Pizza Hut Thin n' Crispy Cheese
                 (3 slices--8 oz.)                  14        1,620
               Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Cheese
                 (3 slices--10 oz.)                 14        1,770
               Pizza Hut The Big New Yorker
                 Cheese (2 slices--12 oz.)          18        2,280
               Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Cheese
                 (2 slices--11 oz.)                 20        2,180

Extra Cheese

               Domino's Hand Tossed Extra
                 Cheese (2 slices--8 oz.)           10        1,340
               Domino's Deep Dish Extra Cheese
                 (2 slices)                         14        1,800
               Domino's Thin Crust Extra
                 Cheese (5 squares)                 16        2,230

Veggie

[check][check] Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Veggie
                 Lover's (3 slices--9 oz.)           6        1,420
               Papa John's Original Crust
                 Garden Special
                 (2 slices--11 oz.)                  6        1,420
               Domino's Hand Tossed Vegi
                 (2 slices--8 oz.)                   8          960
               Pizza Hut Thin n' Crispy Veggie
                 Lover's (3 slices--11 oz.)          8        1,410
               Little Caesars Round Veggie
                 (3 slices--12 oz.)                  9        1,500
               Pizza Hut Pan Veggie Lover's
                 (3 slices--12 oz.)                 11        1,380
               Papa John's Thin Crust Garden
                 Special (3 slices--13 oz.)         12        1,490
               Pizza Hut The Big New Yorker
                 Veggie Lover's
                 (2 slices--24 oz.)                 12        2,680
               Domino's Deep Dish Vegi
                 (2 slices)                         14        1,860
               Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Veggie
                 Lover's (2 slices--14 oz.)         16        2,080
               Domino's Thin Crust Vegi
                 (5 squares)                        16        2,430

Chicken

               Pizza Hut Thin n' Crispy
                 Chicken Supreme
                 (3 slices--11 oz.)                 10        1,680
               Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Chicken
                 Supreme (3 slices--12 oz.)         10        1,170
               Pizza Hut Pan Chicken Supreme
                 (3 slices--12 oz.)                 11        1,590
               California Pizza Kitchen
                 Original BBQ Chicken
                 (1 pizza--14 oz.)                  14        2,060
               Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Chicken
                 Supreme (2 slices--13 oz.)         16        2,220

Ham

               Domino's Hand Tossed Ham
                 (2 slices)                          7        1,380
               Pizza Hut Personal Pan Ham
                 (1 pizza--9 oz.)                    9        1,450
               Pizza Hut Thin n' Crispy Ham
                 (3 slices--8 oz.)                  10        1,650
               Domino's Hand Tossed Hawaiian
                 (2 slices)                         10        1,540
               Domino's Deep Dish Ham
                 (2 slices)                         11        1,870
               Pizza Hut Pan Ham
                 (3 slices--10 oz.)                 11        1,650
               Pizza Hut The Big New Yorker
                 Ham (2 slices--12 oz.)             12        2,320
               Domino's Thin Crust Ham
                 (5 squares)                        12        2,440
               Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Ham
                 (3 slices--11 oz.)                 14        2,180
               Domino's Deep Dish Hawaiian
                 (2 slices)                         14        2,040
               Domino's Thin Crust Hawaiian
                 (5 squares)                        17        2,720
               Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Ham
                 (2 slices--11 oz.)                 25        2,380

Pepperoni

               Domino's Hand Tossed Pepperoni
                 (2 slices--7 oz.)                  10        1,300
               Papa John's Original Crust
                 Pepperoni (2 slices--9 oz.)        10        1,580
               Little Caesars Deep Dish
                 Pepperoni (4 squares--10 oz.)      10        1,400
               Pizza Hut Thin n' Crispy
                 Pepperoni (3 slices--8 oz.)        11        1,650
               Little Caesars Round Pepperoni
                 (3 slices--9 oz.)                  11        1,380
               Pizza Hut Personal Pan
                 Pepperoni (1 pizza--9 oz.)         11        1,430
               Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Pepperoni
                 Lover's (3 slices--10 oz.)         12        1,990
               Pizza Hut Pan Pepperoni
                 (3 slices--8 oz.)                  13        1,620
               Pizza Hut The Big New Yorker
                 Pepperoni (2 slices--12 oz.)       14        2,300
               Domino's Deep Dish Pepperoni
                 (2 slices)                         14        1,940
               Papa John's Thin Crust
                 Pepperoni (3 slices--10 oz.)       15        1,860
               Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Pepperoni
                 (3 slices--11 oz.)                 16        2,150
               Pizza Hut Thin n' Crispy
                 Pepperoni Lover's
                 (3 slices--9 oz.)                  16        2,070
               Domino's Thin Crust Pepperoni
                 (5 squares)                        17        2,560
               Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust
                 Pepperoni (2 slices--12 oz.)       18        2,230
               Little Caesars Thin Crust
                 Pepperoni (5 squares--11 oz.)      18        2,100
               Pizza Hut Pan Pepperoni Lover's
                 (3 slices--12 oz.)                 19        2,070
               Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust
                 Pepperoni Lover's
                 (2 slices--14 oz.)                 25        2,830

Sausage

               Domino's Hand Tossed Italian
                 Sausage (2 slices--8 oz.)          10        1,120
               Papa John's Original Crust
                 Sausage (2 slices--10 oz.)         10        1,760
               Domino's Deep Dish Italian
                 Sausage (2 slices)                 14        1,920
               Pizza Hut Personal Pan Italian
                 Sausage (1 pizza--10 oz.)          14        1,640
               Pizza Hut Pan Italian Sausage
                 (3 slices--9 oz.)                  15        1,680
               Domino's Thin Crust Italian
                 Sausage (5 squares)                17        2,520
               Papa John's Thin Crust Sausage
                 (3 slices--12 oz.)                 18        2,090
               Pizza Hut Thin n' Crispy
                 Italian Sausage
                 (3 slices--10 oz.)                 19        2,190
               Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Italian
                 Sausage (2 slices--11 oz.)         21        2,330
               Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Italian
                 Sausage (3 slices--13 oz.)         22        2,480
               Pizza Hut The Big New Yorker
                 Sausage (2 slices--16 oz.)         28        3,240

Beef

               Domino's Hand Tossed Beef
                 (2 slices)                         11        1,380
               Pizza Hut Personal Pan Beef
                 (1 pizza--10 oz.)                  14        1,580
               Domino's Deep Dish Beef
                 (2 slices)                         15        1,880
               Domino's Thin Crust Beef
                 (5 squares)                        18        2,470
               Pizza Hut Thin n' Crispy Beef
                 (3 slices--10 oz.)                 19        2,040
               Pizza Hut Pan Beef
                 (3 slices--12 oz.)                 19        1,890
               Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Beef
                 (2 slices--12 oz.)                 20        2,270
               Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Beef
                 (3 slices--13 oz.)                 22        2,400
               Pizza Hut The Big New Yorker
                 Beef (2 slices--15 oz.)            22        2,760

Bacon or Pork

               Domino's Hand Tossed Bacon
                 (2 slices)                         11        1,500
               Pizza Hut Personal Pan Pork
                 (1 pizza--10 oz.)                  13        1,670
               Pizza Hut Thin n' Crispy Pork
                 (3 slices--10 oz.)                 16        2,220
               Domino's Deep Dish Bacon
                 (2 slices)                         16        2,000
               Pizza Hut Pan Pork
                 (3 slices--12 oz.)                 16        1,980
               Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Pork
                 (2 slices--12 oz.)                 19        2,350
               Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Pork
                 (3 slices--13 oz.)                 19        2,500
               Domino's Thin Crust Bacon
                 (5 squares)                        19        2,660
               Pizza Hut The Big New Yorker
                 Pork (2 slices--15 oz.)            20        2,940

Meat-and-Veggie Combos

               Domino's Hand Tossed Deluxe
                 (2 slices)                         10        1,440
               Papa John's Original Crust The
                 Works (2 slices--11 oz.)           12        1,880
               Little Caesars Round Supreme
                 (3 slices--12 oz.)                 12        1,650
               Domino's Hand Tossed
                 Extravaganzza (2 slices)           12        1,780
               Domino's Hand Tossed America's
                 Favorite (2 slices)                13        1,660
               Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Supreme
                 (3 slices--12 oz.)                 14        1,990
               Domino's Deep Dish Deluxe
                 (2 slices)                         14        1,930
               Pizza Hut Thin n' Crispy
                 Supreme (3 slices--11 oz.)         16        1,920
               Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Super
                 Supreme (3 slices--13 oz.)         16        2,310
               Pizza Hut Thin n' Crispy Super
                 Supreme (3 slices--12 oz.)         16        2,280
               Pizza Hut Pan Supreme
                 (3 slices--13 oz.)                 16        1,830
               Pizza Hut Pan Super Supreme
                 (3 slices--14 oz.)                 16        2,130
               Domino's Thin Crust Deluxe
                 (5 squares)                        17        2,540
               Domino's Deep Dish America's
                 Favorite (2 slices)                17        2,160
               Domino's Deep Dish
                 Extravaganzza (2 slices)           17        2,270
               Pizza Hut The Big New Yorker
                 Supreme (2 slices--16 oz.)         20        2,700
               Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Supreme
                 (2 slices--14 oz.)                 21        2,450
               Domino's Thin Crust
                 Extravaganzza (5 squares)          21        3,120
               Papa John's Thin Crust The
                 Works (3 slices--15 oz.)           21        2,610
               Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Super
                 Supreme (2 slices--14 oz.)         22        2,740
               Domino's Thin Crust America's
                 Favorite (5 squares)               22        2,920
               Pizzeria Uno Chicago Classic
                 (1/2 pizza--19 oz.)                30        2,940

Meat Combos

               Little Caesars Round Meatsa
                 (3 slices--11 oz.)                 12        1,710
               Papa John's Original Crust All
                 the Meats (2 slices--11 oz.)       14        2,200
               Domino's Hand Tossed Meatzza
                 (2 slices)                         15        1,940
               Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust Meat
                 Lover's (2 slices--10 oz.)         19        2,670
               Pizza Hut Hand Tossed Meat
                 Lover's (3 slices--12 oz.)         19        2,450
               Domino's Deep Dish Meatzza
                 (2 slices)                         19        2,440
               Pizza Hut Pan Meat Lovers,
                 (3 slices--13 oz.)                 19        2,280
               Pizza Hut Thin n' Crispy Meat
                 Lover's (3 slices--11 oz.)         22        2,490
               Domino's Thin Crust Meatzza
                 (5 squares)                        25        3,400
               Papa John's Thin Crust All the
                 Meats (3 slices--14 oz.)           27        3,150

Pizzeria Side Dishes

               Little Caesars Fat Free Italian
                 Dressing (3 Tbs.)                   0          390
               Little Caesars Tossed Side
                 Salad (4 oz.)                       0           60
               Papa John's Bread Sticks
                 (8 sticks--16 oz.)                  0        2,080
               Papa John's Garlic Sauce
                 (2 Tbs.)                            2          230
               Papa John's Cheese Sauce
                 (2 Tbs.)                            3          230
               Little Caesars Antipasto Salad
                 (7 oz.)                             4          390
               Little Caesars Crazy Bread
                 (8 slices--10 oz.)                  4          960
               Pizza Hut Bread Sticks
                 (5 pieces--8 oz.)                   5          850
               Domino's Breadsticks
                 (8 pieces--10 oz.)                  6        1,220
               Domino's Buffalo Hot Wings
                 (12 wings--11 oz.)                  8        4,250
               Pizza Hut Hot Buffalo Wings
                 (10 wings--8 oz.)                   8        2,250
               Pizza Hut Garlic Bread
                 (5 pieces--7 oz.)                   8        1,200
               Little Caesars Chicken Wings
                 (10 wings--12 oz.)                 10        6,400
               Domino's Double Cheesy Bread
                 (8 pieces--12 oz.)                 16        1,460
               Little Caesars Italian Cheese
                 Bread (10 slices--15 oz.)          20        2,400
               Papa John's Cheese Sticks
                 (7 sticks--15 oz.)                 21        2,660

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Notes: Numbers for pizzas in bold come from independent laboratory
analyses. Saturated fat numbers in italics include artery-clogging
trans fat. Weights not available for most Domino's pizzas.

Sources: Independent laboratory analyses and company information.

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