How many calories in a margherita pizza
A whole pizzeria margherita has about 1,000 kcal, and one slice of a 14 inch takeaway pizza (107 g) has 285.
Portion
To burn it off
A margherita is bread, tomato and mozzarella, so most of it is the base. Per 100 g a takeaway cheese pizza has 266 kcal, 33 g of carbs, 11 g of protein and 10 g of fat (USDA FoodData Central 173292).
A slice of a big 14 inch takeaway pizza weighs about 107 g, which makes it 285 kcal. Eight of those is a whole 14 inch pizza at about 2,280, far more than most people guess.
A pizzeria margherita, thin and wood fired, is about 1,000 kcal for the whole thing. A frozen one from the supermarket is about 800, mostly because it is smaller.
Margherita is the plain one, so everything you add goes on top of these numbers. Pepperoni and extra cheese are the usual suspects.
Tips
- 1Share a big takeaway pizza between two: four slices each is about 1,140 kcal, eight alone is double that.
- 2Add a big salad and stop at two or three slices, you still had pizza night.
- 3Eat half now and the rest cold tomorrow, which some people prefer anyway.
Where it comes from
Flatbreads with toppings are ancient, but pizza as we know it took shape in Naples in the 1700s, sold cheaply on the street to working people. The story goes that in 1889 Raffaele Esposito made a red, white and green pizza for Queen Margherita and named it after her. Historians doubt it: a pizza with those toppings was already sold in Naples decades before.
Read the full story · Where does our food come from? · Source: National Geographic, Pizza Margherita may be fit for a queen, but was it really named after one?
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Questions
How many calories in a slice of margherita pizza?
About 285 kcal for one slice of a 14 inch takeaway pizza, which weighs about 107 g, with 12 g of protein.
How many calories in 100 g of pizza?
About 266 kcal for a cheese pizza from a chain, according to USDA FoodData Central (entry 173292).
How many calories in half a pizza?
Half a pizzeria margherita is about 500 kcal. Half a 14 inch takeaway pizza, four slices, is about 1,140.
Is a frozen pizza lower?
A whole frozen margherita is about 800 kcal, mostly because it is smaller than a takeaway one.
How much protein is in a pizza?
A whole pizzeria margherita has about 40 g, mostly from the cheese. A takeaway slice has about 12 g.
How many calories does extra cheese add to a pizza?
Fresh mozzarella is about 75 kcal for 30 g, so an extra handful adds about 75 to the whole pizza, or around 9 a slice.
Did you know?
Domino's began in 1960 as a single shop called DomiNick's. A year later, one of the two brothers who bought it swapped his half for a Volkswagen Beetle.
Fast food facts · Source: Domino's, Complete Company History
