Pizza is one of the most consumed foods thanks to its taste and simplicity. However, nowadays, it is becoming increasingly popular to buy it frozen in supermarkets, which is why the OCU has carried out a full analysis of this product.
In stores you can find a wide catalog of pre-cooked pizza. To help you choose, the organization has examined more than 150 options. Of course, most of them don’t get a good grade On your health scale.
This is the warning from the OCU about frozen pizza in supermarkets
After comparing 153 chilled and frozen pizzas of all types from the OCU, they warned that 3 out of 4 options rated poorly on the health scale.
This index gives processed foods a score based on their nutritional composition after considering factors such as sugar, saturated fat, additives and salt content.
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The problem lies in its nutritional value
As the organization points out, supermarket pizza contains a lot of salt. For example, about 200 grams provides approximately 50% of the recommended daily salt intake. In addition, most of them contain excess fat, especially cheese pizza.
They also found many options to contain excess additives that are often unnecessary and potentially risky. Finally, let’s talk about foods that contain a lot of calories. In fact, one serving can provide nearly 500 calories.
This is the best frozen pizza in the supermarket
From OCU, they also highlighted that there is an exception: vegetable pizza can be an alternative. In this case, 17 out of 25 received an acceptable rating. The organization highlights two as the most recommended.
Veggie lovers pizza
First of all, the Veggie Lovers Pizza, from the Garden Gourmet brand, stands out. It has a good nutritional composition, high amount of vegetables, low saturated fat, and does not contain any additives.
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Stone oven vegetables
This vegan option from Buitoni also features no additives. However, as they remember from OCU, it contains fewer plant ingredients than its predecessor. Of course, it’s cheaper in the supermarket.
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