calories in pizza

Trish1c

If you get a slice & the pizzeria doesn't publish its nutrition info, how do you figure this out?

The place I go is local so it's not in the MFP list. I try to just pick the verified listing with the most calories & guestimate from there.

I'd love a better / more accurate solution.

Food isn't really my downfall as much as soda & alcohol so I few food calories aren't going to make or break my diet the way that 2nd glass of wine will.

TeaBea

Make your best educated guess.

Without the actual recipe on hand you aren't able to weigh each ingredient, log each ingredient, and then weigh your portion size......an educated guess is the best you can do.

Even when restaurants publish data......portions could be bigger, or ingredients substituted. Still not 100% accurate either.

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CassondraKennedy

I use chain restaurants to estimate. Try to get the size of the pizza and the thickness of the crust to match. If I can tell the pizza I'm eating has more cheese or pepperoni than the chain pizza, I'll add an extra 50 quick add calories to off set it.

cwolfman13

Trish1c wrote: »

If you get a slice & the pizzeria doesn't publish its nutrition info, how do you figure this out?

The place I go is local so it's not in the MFP list. I try to just pick the verified listing with the most calories & guestimate from there.

I'd love a better / more accurate solution.

Food isn't really my downfall as much as soda & alcohol so I few food calories aren't going to make or break my diet the way that 2nd glass of wine will.

If it's not in the database due to it being local, there is no more accurate way than what you're already doing.

Need2Exerc1se

I'd just choose an entry for a chain I was familiar with that had similar crust, toppings, etc. and go with that.

Lounmoun

I just find something similar in the database. To be more accurate I suppose you could take a slice home and pick it apart and weigh everything and log it. It is probably close enough to another restaurant's pizza though.

JeromeBarry1

You can use the papa johns on-line nutrition calculator to build your own pizza and see what the calories would be. It won't be exactly the same, but it will be close.

Lennonluv2

Guess--timate and don't stress it too much you'll enjoy it less.

Tried30UserNames

I just use the information from a chain restaurant that has similar pizza to what my local restaurant has. Use Domino's or Pizza Hut or Papa John's or Pizzeria Uno or California Pizza Kitchen or similar.

Poisonedpawn78

if you are unsure, most pizza slices from chain stores are between 200-300 calories depending on toppings. More meat, the higher obviously. If you cant nail it down, if the size is the same 250 is a good ball park guess per slice.

lynn_glenmont

Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »

if you are unsure, most pizza slices from chain stores are between 200-300 calories depending on toppings. More meat, the higher obviously. If you cant nail it down, if the size is the same 250 is a good ball park guess per slice.

If the size is the same as what? 1/8 of a 16" pizza is almost twice the area of 1/8 of a 12" pizza, so it's not likely both will be between 200 and 300 calories (assuming same crust style and toppings). Plus, some places cut their pizzas into 12 slices, not 8.

Poisonedpawn78

lynn_glenmont wrote: »

Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »

if you are unsure, most pizza slices from chain stores are between 200-300 calories depending on toppings. More meat, the higher obviously. If you cant nail it down, if the size is the same 250 is a good ball park guess per slice.

If the size is the same as what? 1/8 of a 16" pizza is almost twice the area of 1/8 of a 12" pizza, so it's not likely both will be between 200 and 300 calories (assuming same crust style and toppings). Plus, some places cut their pizzas into 12 slices, not 8.

jb050794

Pizza Calories= Crust Thickness (cm) x Number of Pepperoni's on that bad boy, divided by Cheese (oz)^2

estherdragonbat

Trish1c wrote: »

If you get a slice & the pizzeria doesn't publish its nutrition info, how do you figure this out?

The place I go is local so it's not in the MFP list. I try to just pick the verified listing with the most calories & guestimate from there.

I'd love a better / more accurate solution.

Food isn't really my downfall as much as soda & alcohol so I few food calories aren't going to make or break my diet the way that 2nd glass of wine will.

That's basically my plan. My pizza place sometimes has unusual toppings. I'm strictly kosher, which means (among other things) that meat and dairy can't be combined on the same plate. The kosher pizza place I go to most often does a cheese and vegetarian pepperoni slice. I happen to know that there is only one brand of kosher vegetarian pepperoni easily available in the area. So, when I order the slice, I log it as plain cheese and then I add in the number of pieces of Yves imitation pepperoni that were on it.

They do a breaded cauliflower slice. Same idea. Plain cheese + (guesstimate) 1/4 cup breaded cauliflower. Mostly, I use Pizza Pizza's data for cheese and non-starchy veg toppings.

murp4069

Trish1c wrote: »

If you get a slice & the pizzeria doesn't publish its nutrition info, how do you figure this out?

The place I go is local so it's not in the MFP list. I try to just pick the verified listing with the most calories & guestimate from there.

I'd love a better / more accurate solution.

Food isn't really my downfall as much as soda & alcohol so I few food calories aren't going to make or break my diet the way that 2nd glass of wine will.

It sounds like you are already doing the best thing. The local places I order from tend to have larger NY style thin slices, and I've found several listings for a NY style cheese slices at about 300-500 calories, so depending on the size of my slice I go with one of those entries. I usually just get cheese but if I get toppings, sometimes I enter that separately. It's relatively easy to find a lot of the individual toppings and make an educated guess as to the amount. It's the cheese, sauce and crust that I think is the most difficult.

extra_medium

Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »

if you are unsure, most pizza slices from chain stores are between 200-300 calories depending on toppings. More meat, the higher obviously. If you cant nail it down, if the size is the same 250 is a good ball park guess per slice.

As an unofficial frozen pizza expert in my town, I've found that crust thickness and amount of cheese play the biggest roles when it comes to calorie totals. Sometimes the cheese only is higher than a pepperoni version just because it has more cheese.

Like others said find a place that has a similar crust style and topping quantity and use their info.

JoRocka

350 per slice is pretty common- but a whole frozen pizza is what 1700 and change?

so I divide that up into quarters and usually eat the whole thing- so that's what 425 a slice.

So- between 300-400 is a really safe bet.

hesn92

I just guess. Pick an entry in mfp that seems close enough.

PWRLFTR1

Calorie wise around 300 is a good guess, but fat content can vary depending on toppings.

Lift_Run_Eat

None. Pizza calories are free calories and should be consumed daily!



*joking! I use the closest thing I can find in the database.