Pizza

anon5002
anon5002 Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
How many calories would I save removing the cheese on each slice of pizza, I really dislike cheese. Furthermore, how many calories would I save not eating the crust?
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  • MikePTY
    MikePTY Posts: 3,814 Member
    You'd need a food scale to really figure it out. My guess is that by removing the cheese, you are cutting out at least 100 calories per ounce of cheese, more if you are taking pizza grease along with it.

    As far as the crust. I assume you mean crust as in the part of the pizza that is not covered in sauce or cheese. Not the entire dough part of the pizza. You would have to weigh that against the total amount of dough used in the pizza, then find out the calories from the nutritional listing, and then subtract it.

    I agree with @kshama2001. If you don't want either cheese or the puffy part of the pizza crust that comes on the end of it, you are much better getting flatbreads that come without cheese. You're not wasting half your food in that case and can also get a much more accurate calorie reading.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    L1zardQueen wrote: »
    Sambo_fitness wrote: »
    You could just make tomato soup?
    Yes! Add some oyster crackers and Parmesan cheese! Perfect.

    Ooo that sounds really good.
  • leanjogreen18
    leanjogreen18 Posts: 2,492 Member
    Ok so vegan pizza is a thing and some folks do order pizza without cheese. Google a vegan pizza and see what you get.
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    leanjogreen18 wrote: »
    Ok so vegan pizza is a thing and some folks do order pizza without cheese. Google a vegan pizza and see what you get.

    A kitten pizza. Right?
  • leanjogreen18
    leanjogreen18 Posts: 2,492 Member
    L1zardQueen wrote: »
    leanjogreen18 wrote: »
    Ok so vegan pizza is a thing and some folks do order pizza without cheese. Google a vegan pizza and see what you get.

    A kitten pizza. Right?

    Sans fur!
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    edited December 2018
    leanjogreen18 wrote: »
    L1zardQueen wrote: »
    leanjogreen18 wrote: »
    Ok so vegan pizza is a thing and some folks do order pizza without cheese. Google a vegan pizza and see what you get.

    A kitten pizza. Right?

    Sans fur!
    Lol

    Can’t fix quotes.
  • apullum
    apullum Posts: 4,838 Member
    I'm going to guess OP meant that they wouldn't eat the edges of the crust, not that they wouldn't eat any crust at all. But if you don't like cheese, then why don't you just make/order your pizza with no cheese?
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    @anon5002 How much effort are you willing to put into this? Is this your online order are you making it yourself? Thin crust has lower calories than thick crust.
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    @anon5002 How much effort are you willing to put into this? Is this your online order are you making it yourself? Thin crust has lower calories than thick crust.

    Saltines and ketchup! Boom!
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    L1zardQueen wrote: »
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    @anon5002 How much effort are you willing to put into this? Is this your online order are you making it yourself? Thin crust has lower calories than thick crust.

    Saltines and ketchup! Boom!

    Curses! I've no remaining calories today to try this.
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    L1zardQueen wrote: »
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    @anon5002 How much effort are you willing to put into this? Is this your online order are you making it yourself? Thin crust has lower calories than thick crust.

    Saltines and ketchup! Boom!

    Curses! I've no remaining calories today to try this.

    It’s not that good.
  • leanjogreen18
    leanjogreen18 Posts: 2,492 Member
    L1zardQueen wrote: »
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    L1zardQueen wrote: »
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    @anon5002 How much effort are you willing to put into this? Is this your online order are you making it yourself? Thin crust has lower calories than thick crust.

    Saltines and ketchup! Boom!

    Curses! I've no remaining calories today to try this.

    It’s not that good.

    sounds...meh
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,887 Member
    leanjogreen18 wrote: »
    Ok so vegan pizza is a thing and some folks do order pizza without cheese. Google a vegan pizza and see what you get.

    Vegan pizza has crust.
  • leanjogreen18
    leanjogreen18 Posts: 2,492 Member
    My food pyramid...
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,311 Member
    i think some people have misunderstood what OP meant by crust - i dont eat the crusts either - by that I mean the raised bit on outer edge that doesnt have sauce/topping on it.

    You can order pizza without cheese - the melted cheese sort of holds everything in place but it isnt compulsory
  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    Here, in Italy, we have a pizza without cheese called Marinara. It's crust with sauce, oregano, garlic, fresh basil, salt and EVOO. My favorite. Our favorite pizza place--I Rioni, near the Colloseum--puts cooked cickory on it as an option. I like to add spicy salame. They also specialize in the Roman style pizza which is a thin crust. Enjoy.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    edited December 2018
    paperpudding wrote: »
    i think some people have misunderstood what OP meant by crust - i dont eat the crusts either - by that I mean the raised bit on outer edge that doesnt have sauce/topping on it.

    You can order pizza without cheese - the melted cheese sort of holds everything in place but it isnt compulsory

    The OP will have to clarify. I assumed they meant no crust because they asked how many calories they would save not eating the crust. They did not say part of the crust or the very edges of the pizza. I have never reffered to just the edges of a pizza as the crust.

    How many calories do you think you are not eating when you skip the edges of the crust?
    In my original answer here I figured a crust might be 140 calories per slice (about 50 g of crust) for a 12" pizza and I meant the whole crust of the slice not just the edges. On the pizza I got yesterday the edge part was about 1/2" wide. I did not weigh just the edge because I was not home with my food scale and I eat the whole pizza slice. I'm figuring that it would be about 10-15 calories for just the edge part so not a big calorie difference. Does that sound like a reasonable estimation?

    If I wanted to lower calories on my pizza order I'd order a thin crust (might be 50 calorie difference per slice from regular crust or more if switching from deep dish or stuffed crust) and lower calorie toppings.
  • strongwouldbenice
    strongwouldbenice Posts: 153 Member
    hesn92 wrote: »
    I think she means to not eat the crust as in the outer edge where there's no cheese or toppings. Yes the whole bread is "crust" but around here when someone refers to "the crust" they are referring to the outer edge.

    Yes, same here in Australia, the whole thing is the 'base', the outer edges are the 'crust'
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,311 Member
    Lounmoun wrote: »
    paperpudding wrote: »
    i think some people have misunderstood what OP meant by crust - i dont eat the crusts either - by that I mean the raised bit on outer edge that doesnt have sauce/topping on it.

    You can order pizza without cheese - the melted cheese sort of holds everything in place but it isnt compulsory

    The OP will have to clarify. I assumed they meant no crust because they asked how many calories they would save not eating the crust. They did not say part of the crust or the very edges of the pizza. I have never reffered to just the edges of a pizza as the crust.

    How many calories do you think you are not eating when you skip the edges of the crust?
    In my original answer here I figured a crust might be 140 calories per slice (about 50 g of crust) for a 12" pizza and I meant the whole crust of the slice not just the edges. On the pizza I got yesterday the edge part was about 1/2" wide. I did not weigh just the edge because I was not home with my food scale and I eat the whole pizza slice. I'm figuring that it would be about 10-15 calories for just the edge part so not a big calorie difference. Does that sound like a reasonable estimation?

    If I wanted to lower calories on my pizza order I'd order a thin crust (might be 50 calorie difference per slice from regular crust or more if switching from deep dish or stuffed crust) and lower calorie toppings.
    Lounmoun wrote: »
    paperpudding wrote: »
    i think some people have misunderstood what OP meant by crust - i dont eat the crusts either - by that I mean the raised bit on outer edge that doesnt have sauce/topping on it.

    You can order pizza without cheese - the melted cheese sort of holds everything in place but it isnt compulsory

    The OP will have to clarify. I assumed they meant no crust because they asked how many calories they would save not eating the crust. They did not say part of the crust or the very edges of the pizza. I have never reffered to just the edges of a pizza as the crust.

    How many calories do you think you are not eating when you skip the edges of the crust?
    In my original answer here I figured a crust might be 140 calories per slice (about 50 g of crust) for a 12" pizza and I meant the whole crust of the slice not just the edges. On the pizza I got yesterday the edge part was about 1/2" wide. I did not weigh just the edge because I was not home with my food scale and I eat the whole pizza slice. I'm figuring that it would be about 10-15 calories for just the edge part so not a big calorie difference. Does that sound like a reasonable estimation?

    If I wanted to lower calories on my pizza order I'd order a thin crust (might be 50 calorie difference per slice from regular crust or more if switching from deep dish or stuffed crust) and lower calorie toppings.

    Well, no - and may others haven't referred to outer edges as crust either - but clearly some of us do view crust as meaning that - is general usage in Australia as other poster pointed out.

    I'm not sure how many calories not eating the crust (as in outer edge) would be and have never bothered taking it off my pizza slice entries myself - but then I've never aimed for total accuracy in logging anyway.

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