Papa Murphy's specializes in take-and-bake pizza that is handmade fresh with your choice of toppings; you buy the pizza and then take it home to bake it. You can choose from traditional pizza flavors such as pepperoni, cheese or hamburger, but Papa Murphy's also offers specialty pizzas such as herb chicken Mediterranean, Hawaiian and gourmet chicken garlic.
Calories
Depending on the ingredients, the calories in one slice of Papa Murphy's pizza can vary from about 150 to 400 calories. The Veggie Delite for example, contains only 152 calories per serving, while the Big Murphy stuffed pizza contains 380 calories per slice. Carbohydrates and fat contribute the majority of the calories, with protein supplying a small percentage.
Features
Papa Murphy's features a variety of crusts, toppings and ingredients for your pizza. Crust options include thin crust, traditional or stuffed. Thin crust and traditional crusts provide the fewest number of calories. Meat choices include Canadian bacon, pepperoni, crispy bacon, Italian sausage, salami, beef and grilled chicken. Common fresh ingredients on a Papa Murphy's pizza include zucchini, green peppers, pineapple, onions, artichoke hearts, black olives, roma tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach and mushrooms. Cheese choices include feta, parmesan and herb and cheese blend.
Fat
Fat content in Papa Murphy's pizza can range from 7 grams to 17 grams of total fat per serving. For example, a slice of the Perfect Pizza contains 13 grams of total fat, or 20 percent of the daily recommended intake. The perfect pizza doesn't contain monounsaturated fat or polyunsaturated fat but does contain 6 grams of saturated fat for 30 percent of the daily recommended intake.
Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates come primarily from the crust and vegetable toppings. Most of the pizzas provide about 30 grams of total carbohydrates per serving but the thin crust can reduce the total carbohydrates to about 10 grams per serving. The Perfect Pizza contains 32 grams of total carbohydrates, including 2 grams of dietary fiber and 4 grams of sugars.
Considerations
Papa Murphy's gives you several choices for creating a pizza to meet your personal preference. Choosing different ingredients can dramatically change the nutrition information. For a pizza that contains a balance of carbohydrates, protein and fat with the fewest number of calories, consider the thin crust, lean protein such as chicken, a variety of vegetable toppings with a small amount of cheese.
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