Pizza Junk food or not.

It depends on how you prepare the pizza, but if you buy it from pizza hut then it is counted as junk food.

Really depends on what shit you put on your pizza. I'm almost sure a traditional Italian pizza isnt junkfood but most of the garbage that you find outside of Italy is, in my opinion, 100% junkfood.

A pizza made with high quality cheese (Gorgonzola for example) and hearty ingredients (tomatoes, spinach, sun dried tomatoes, ext ,ext) can actually be very healthy, however most "pizza" does not fall under this category.

It's listed as junk food because your standard pizza is usually loaded with cheese and pepporoni, which makes for a lot of fat/grease.

A properly prepared pizza with good ingredients- however- is not.

It'll still fall under the category of junk by technicality- being still a pizza- but now you know that they are wrong and injust, and that- someday- you shall vanquish this stigma and show them the nature of their folly.

Apparently the supreme court (or something) classified it as a vegetable so that it could be continued to be served in schools, because pizza can be cheap...
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i'd hunt down the sauce for that but i really am too lazy
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pizza is generally junk food (often lots of grease...) , but some places serve things like salad pizza and whatnot, so it's junk food with exceptions

Unlike true Italian pizza, pizza hut uses poor quality ingredients which are full of fat and oil.

Oil counts as an ingredient. Grease counts as an ingredient. There's also a shitload of salt in most pizza.

Just eat, ask later

Junk food (most of pizzas I know)

here you go, find your pizza

http://caloriecount.about.com/

Take it from me, I MAKE PIZZA FOR A LIVING. It is not a junk food, i have worked in junk food places before. Its not even close.... unless you getting it form pizza hut or dominoes.

I wouldn't call a pizza from Italy junk food. American made one is pushin' it.

it's healthy enough to have schools serve it since it does technically have meet the standard for vegetable amount in a food choice

Well to be honest the same goes for burgers and other "junk" food.

It's all about how they are prepared. A healthy burger with a nice chicken breast and salad vs. the shit you find at maccas.

Hoo-boy, here we go.



Pepperoni and beef are in no way healthy, the way they are prepared on pizza. In fact, they contribute to the greasiness of it, as both meats store a lot of oils. The same could be said of fish, but it just depends on how the fish is cooked beforehand.



I'll give you that one, veggies and fruit on pizza is slightly better than meats.



The crust is probably the healthiest thing on a pizza, since it's just baked bread. Dairy is only healthy in moderation, and depending on how much you eat you're getting -way- too much in conjunction with everything else. And, as was stated before, depending on if you have a meat topping it's most likely saturated in fat.



My opinion? Yes, it's junk food, mainly because of the aforementioned grease. If you use organic cheeses, organic sauce and a good crust while taking out the meats, then yeah. Pizza (in moderation) can be healthy. But the majority of people I know love their meat-covered monstrosity.

[size=10]...as do I.

Disclaimer: I am in no way an authority on healthy eating nor living well. Quite fankly, I was a fatass who lucked into dropping 100lbs due to stress, near starvation and excessive amounts of manual labour. Take my opinion how you may.[/h]

Pizza Hut pizza as well as Dominoes are considered junk food.
Have you seen the grease on that shit?
I love pizza but I only eat it once 2 months or so.
The greatest pizza I've ever eaten was in Mellow Mushroom.
Those pizzas are amazing and they have such a variety.

Pretty much this, just enjoy your food. c: