Anonymous wrote:I would take a slice home (if you can manage not to eat it on the way) and weigh it.

...Obviously the calories in pizza will vary tremendously depending on the size, amount of cheese, dough and toppings. I was a bit skeptical when I saw the calories that were posted on some of the menu boards. For example, my local Famiglia pizza shop says 247 calories for a slice (the typical 9 1/2 inch) on the printed menu and 307 calories on the board. Hmmm … So I googled  ”calories in pizza” and became even more skeptical when I saw the low numbers. 150 calories for a slice? Doubt it. So I went into dietitian mode and whipped out my food scale. You know what comes next – the dissection! (pic is of me enjoying a personal pizza at Cinema Cafe the day before the Gran Fondo, a 100 mile bike race. I felt as though I needed to gorge a bit!)
Calorie breakdown:
The best way to get a ballpark idea of the calories in pizza is to weigh the cheese and bread separately. You will need a food scale. In general:
- Cheese has 80-100 calories per ounce. Most of the pizza I analyzed was not heavy on the cheese
- Bread has about 80 calories per ounce
- Fatty meat (pepperoni, sausage or fried chicken cutlet) contains 100 – 150 calories when added to a slice
- Sauce tends to be quite low in calories. Most of slices I analyzed contained minimal sauce
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