12 Frozen Pizzas With the Lowest Quality Ingredients
										Dietitians disclose which dozen pizzas you're better off abandoning in the frozen food aisle.

12 Frozen Pizzas With the Lowest Quality Ingredients Dietitians disclose which dozen pizzas you're better off abandoning in the frozen food aisle.

Frozen pizzas are a fabulous time-saving dish, and can be made into a healthy meal. But with so many frozen pizza options on the market, there are certainly choices out there that are very heavy in calories, artery-clogging saturated fat, and sodium. Regularly eating too many calories can potentially result in weight gain, which can put you at risk for chronic diseases like cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.

If you’re a frozen pizza lover (I know I am!) opt for the better-for-you options. Keep servings moderate and serve with a side salad and fruit for dessert. Do read the nutrition facts panel for the serving size as they change per pizza—sometimes it is half the pizza, while other times it’s 1/5 or even 1/6 of the whole pie! You can even top a plain frozen pizza with leftover veggies to help minimize food waste and add even more veggies to your meal.

Below is a list of 12 frozen pizzas with the lowest quality ingredients that are worth skipping, plus dietitian-approved alternatives to replace them with. Also, for more Healthy Eating advice to help inform your next trip to the grocery store, be sure to check out 6 Lowest Quality Butter Brands, According to Dietitians.

Opt for this pick instead: Opt for Digiorno’s Thin Crust Margarita Pizza which has 270 calories for the same portion and a fraction of the amount of saturated fat and carbs. Even the sodium is cut by more than 50% providing 27% of the recommended daily maximum.

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The serving size for Wegman’s Bake & Rise Supreme Frozen Pizza is one-sixth of the pizza, which is a bit tougher to stick to. If you end up eating more, the calories, sodium, and saturated fat will be just too much. The numerous processed meats do up the saturated fat content, making it the unhealthier choice.

Opt for this pick instead: Choose Wegman’s White Veggie Thin Crust Pizza topped with a white sauce, numerous veggies, and part-skim mozzarella and other cheeses. The serving size on this pie is 1/3 of the pie, which provides 240 calories.

Walmart’s Great Value Three Cheese Cauliflower Crust Pizza is made with brown rice flour, which contributes to the 38 grams of carbs that is provided by each slice. Plus, with 9 grams of saturated fat per serving, there are certainly better cauli-crust options out there.

Opt for this pick instead: According to Lauren Manaker, MS, RDN, LDN, CLEC, CPT, owner of Nutrition Now Counseling, picking up Milton’s Craft Bakers Cauliflower Crust Pizza because it is a “cauliflower crust frozen pizza that has a craveable consistency and delicious flavor.”

“With cauliflower as the first ingredient, each bite of this pizza provides some serious veggies,” adds Manaker. “Plus, this pizza is gluten-free and free from any questionable ingredients.”

Red Baron® Fully Loaded™ Pepperoni Pizza is a frozen pizza option made with two types of pepperoni, tomato sauce, and mounds of mozzarella cheese. It provides a whopping 45% of the recommended daily amount of saturated fat, which isn’t the best choice for heart health.

Opt for this pick instead: Alex’s Awesome Sourdough Uncured Pepperoni pizza provides 290 calories for 1/3 pie serving, and 2 grams less saturated fat per serving.

Made with a cheese-stuffed crust, the Screamin’ Sicilian Pizza Co Stuffed Crust Supreme has over 2.5 feet of cheese around the edge. Toppings include tomato sauce, whole milk mozzarella, pepperoni, sauce, veggies, and olives.  The saturated fat of one serving (which is only 1/5th the pizza) is 40% your daily recommended daily max—not the best choice

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