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Pizza Hut is doing away with artificial preservatives, colors and flavors in its food. They are only using pepperoni and other sausages that do not contain artificial preservatives or colors and are free of nitrates and nitrites. In addition, the chain said it is changing the beef and chicken it uses, and added that its sauces are now free of high-fructose corn syrup.
Pizza Hut said the move was spurred by successful tests last year of "The Natural" pizza, which incorporated all-natural ingredients. But, Will the calorie count decrease? NO! One slice from a medium pizza has anywhere from 190 calories (Thin 'N Crispy with Cheese Only) and 4 grams of saturated fat (20% of the daily recommended amount) to 330 calories and 7 grams of fat (Meat Lovers). A large pizza provides anywhere from 240 calories (Thin 'N Crispy Veggie Lovers and Quartered Ham and Pineapple) and 4 grams of saturated fat, to 480 calories (Stuffed Crust Meat Lovers) and 12 grams of saturated fat (60% of the daily recommendations) plus 0.5 grams of trans fat. The best choice on the Pizza Hut menu are the Fit 'n Delicious Pizzas (medium), which range from 150 - 180 calories and 1.5 - 2 grams of saturated fat per slice (8-10% of the daily recommendations). The worse choice are the Personal Pan Pizzas and the P'zones, which go up to as high as 900 calories and most have trans fat. The nutrition facts are available at Pizza Hut online.
Comments
Wed: January 14, 2009
Red Icculus said: We are trying to cut HFCS out of the house. It's not always possible to do when going out. It's good that Pizza Hut is conscious at how nasty that stuff is.
Wed: January 14, 2009
Eric said: This is good news. I hope more (fast-food) restaurants follow suit. @Cereal: I think this is more important than cutting off fat. Many pepperoni pizzas have HFCS, Sodium Nitrate, BHA, BHT, just to name a few. Their pizza has none of those ingredients. I'm not a fan of Pizza Hut but I will give this pizza a try.
Wed: January 14, 2009
Wolf Goettin said: I agree with both - yes, it's good to get rid of the artificial jargon in the ingredients list; but there will be some people who justify their removal as an excuse to eat half of a pie with extra "Nitrate-free" pepperoni. Healthier than before? Yes. But their campaign really seems to be trying to trick people into thinking that their pizza is suddenly health food.
Thu: January 15, 2009
Cereal said: @Eric: Don't fall for pop media created science based off of rumors or poorly done studies. HFCS: It's simply sugar, it has the same composition as normal sugar or honey depending on how it is manufactured ,and the body handles it the same way. Nitrates or Nitrites: are not deadly poisons as some would have you believe ,and in fact Nitrates are found in far higher doses in nature.Even taking that into account the amount you would have to consume to get a poisonous effect is far too much for you to eat at once. BHA and BHT I haven't done much reading involving these, but what I have read seems to fall in line with other preservative. That is that certain groups will always hate them.They will do whatever is needed to convince you that they are carcinogenic usually by using lab animals born to get cancer. I suggest you read a little more science and a little less blogs or news articles if you're really interested in health. I'll give you a couple of pieces of research here ,but if you look around you can find more. P.S. I wasn't saying that cutting fat was a good or bad thing ;just that it too was once the it thing to be. |
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Cereal said:
Perception of your food is unhealthy is bad ,and if you can create any sort of buzz that your food is healthier than the competition's that's very good for business.
It look's like this is the new buzz in food marketing "Healthy and Natural Ingredients" are the new low fat.You can see it creeping in everywhere most notably the ad war between Progresso and Campbells.
What good are they actually doing for everyone's health by substituting in these new ingredients? Probably not much maybe a negligible gain, but I must admit it's entertaining to see the changes(or cycles) in consumer attitudes.