Pizza Hut makes it easy for people who are counting calories to make wise menu selections. The restaurant publishes a nutrition guide on its website that lists the number of calories in its foods, as well as fat, cholesterol, sodium, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, sugar and protein. You can find listings for slices of pizza, whole personal pizzas and individual servings of other foods and beverages.
Low-Calorie Options
If you're craving pizza but are trying to limit your calories, stick with plain cheese pizza and order a medium with the Thin 'N Crispy crust. A single slice has 190 calories. Better yet, choose from Pizza Hut's Fit 'n Delicious Pizza offerings. A slice of pizza topped with vegetables has 150 calories. Ham-topped Fit 'n Delicious Pizzas have 160 calories per slice. The chicken-topped slices have 170 to 180 calories.
High-Calorie Options
If you're trying to add a few pounds and you have a big appetite, order one of Pizza Hut's nine-inch Personal PANormous Pizzas. The calories in a whole pizza range from 1,100 in the Cheese Only pizza to 1,470 in the Meat Lover's variety. Add some Garlic Parmesan wings at 150 calories apiece or an order of Fried Cheese Sticks for 320 calories. Wash it all down with a 32-ounce Mountain Dew and you'll add another 440 calories.
Size Matters
The calorie counts on the Pizza Hut nutrition guide vary greatly when you compare medium and large pizzas and thin and thick crusts. A slice of pepperoni pizza from a 12-inch, medium pizza with a thin crust has 230 calories. If you order a large, 12-inch pizza, each slice with pepperoni has 280 calories. A slice of a medium Supreme Pizza has 240 calories when baked on a thin crust. If you order a Hand-Tossed style pizza, you'll add 20 calories. If you prefer a Pan pizza, a slice of Supreme will give you 290 calories.
Calories from Fat
Pizza Hut's nutrition guide doesn't just tell you the number of calories in the foods, it also lists the number of calories you're getting from fat in each of those foods. It further breaks things down by telling you the grams of total fat, saturated fat and trans fat in a serving. MayoClinic.com points out that some fats are better for you than others. It advises choosing unsaturated fats over more harmful saturated and trans fats.
Other Listings
Pizza Hut offers other nutritional information on its website than can be helpful for people with special food needs. For instance, it publishes a Food Allergen and Sensitivity Table to help those with food allergies make wise menu choices. It also has an Exchange List Table that provides information for people following diets designed by the American Dietetic and Association and American Diabetes Association who chart the number of food exchanges they consume each day. The table helps them count exchanges such as starches, high fat meats and vegetables.
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