Pizza which is considered to be a hot favourite amongst today’s generation comes with a number of calories. Pizzas are available in a variety of flavours and sizes. This delicious food item can be made tastier by adding extra toppings on it. The calorie content in a pizza differs based on its size, weight, kind of base used, the amount of toppings added on them and the kind of toppings added on them.
1 oz of original crust cheese pizza has 75 calories, 1 slice of this pizza which weighs around 4 oz contains 299 calories, 1 gram of this original crust cheese pizza has 3 calories, one whole of original crust cheese pizza that weighs around 1 Ib contains 2389 calories. Thin crust pizza has comparatively lesser number of calories. 1 oz of thin crust cheese pizza has 86 calories, 1 slice of this pizza which weighs around 2.2 oz contains 192 calories, 1 gram of thin crust pizza has 3 calories and 1 whole thin crust pizza contains 1906 calories. However this calorie count is not absolutely accurate as it varies depending upon the kind of toppings used.
Going by the kind of pizza, there are 230 calories in each slice of Cheese Pizza, 350 calories in each slice of meat-piled high pizza, 290 calories in each slice of pepperoni pizza, 240 calories in each slice of Spinach Alfredo Pizza, 215 calories in each slice of veggie pizza and 280 calories in each slice of Sausage pizza.
The calorie content in these also differs based on the amount of toppings added on the pizzas. A number of people prefer having pizzas the way they are available while others opt for extra toppings. When the amount of toppings goes up the number of calories also increase, especially if more cheese toppings are added to it.
