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Reading this I look up to see a Domino's pizza truck, on the side is just a lush, deep red fresh tomato and the slogan: "Enjoy our fresh ingredients". The whole

Reading this I look up to see a Domino's pizza truck, on the side is just a lush, deep red fresh tomato and the slogan: "Enjoy our fresh ingredients". The whole thing reeks of fresh, healthy food. Yet, The pizza feels fatty, makes you thirsty from the extreme salt content and the amount of sugar is crazy for something that is normally considered savory [0]. [0] http://www.nourishinteractive.com/system/assets/general/free-printables/Menus/Dominos/dominos_nutrition.pdf http://www.nourishinteractive.com/system/assets/general/free...

unwind 9y ago
The sugar content didn't look so bad to me, but I found the table in the upper left corner humorous: Recommended Pizza Serving Sizes: ------------------+------------- | Small ------------------+------------- Thin crust | 1/4 pizza Hand Tossed | 1/6 pizza Deep Dish | n/a Brooklyn | n/a How can the "recommended serving size" (aka "portion size", right?) be not applicable? Are they telling me it's not fit for consumption? Pretty sure I'm not getting it, not a native speaker, etc.
- amelius 9y ago
  Maybe they are selling that type of pizza only in regions where the recommendation is not mandatory? Just guessing.
- throwaway0255 9y ago
  They don't sell a small-size Deep Dish or Brooklyn.
- teekert 9y ago
  If you have bbq sauce on a small pizza (who eats a small pizza?) you already have 22 grams, add some ingredients and you get another couple of grams making a woman pass her daily allowed intake for added sugar (25 grams [0]). That means you shouldn't have any desert or soft drinks with it. No cereal that day, no muffin, nothing. Actually, a medium pizza crust + bbq sauce puts even a man over his limit of 30 grams per day. For a large pizza? Better not eat any bbq sauce at all. [0] https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/how-much-sugar-per-day https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/how-much-sugar-per-day
  - ssijak 9y ago
    I always found those made up numbers funny. There are so many variables and so many different individuals, that slapping such EXACT number as "don`t eat more than 30gr of sugar per day" is so wrong.
    - teekert 9y ago
      It's about added sugar, you will consume more, even on a healthy diet. It's just that you don't strictly need it to function as a human. But, fine, slap a standard deviation of 10 grams on top of it. That doesn't really alter the conclusion. By the way, if you just grind tomatoes and garlic, add some olive oil and oregano and boil for 15 min you have a very nice pizza sauce imho... no sugar added or needed.
      - trisimix 9y ago
        Do I look like I can afford fresh ingredients
        Retric 9y ago
        You don't exactly need fresh ingredients for that.
        nthot 9y ago
        In most recipes, if the tomatoes are not in season you'll have better luck using canned tomatoes anyways.
        jjeaff 9y ago
        Many traditional recipes actually call for canned tomatoes over fresh. The canning process seems to affect the flavor in a positive way.
        teekert 9y ago
        Are you from the US? Here in the Netherlands fresh takes 25% of the supermarket area and is way cheaper. You can get even better deals on the market. It doesn't help you i guess but I think in most countries its more normal to cook at home with fresh ingredients than it is to eat out or to use processed stuff. Maybe there are such areas in the US as well. Things such as tomatoes are available all year by the way and generally pretty cheap.
- mrarjen 9y ago
  Just have a look at the daily consumption recommendation of energy drinks, you can't even drink the whole can without going far over the daily limit. And I guess for n/a, you could go for "1/20 pizza" or less?
- maxxxxx 9y ago
  Who came up with the concept of "servings"? The only purpose I can see for this is to make large quantities look smaller. For example a lot of small bags of chips contain 2 or 3 servings although almost everybody eats the whole bag in one sitting. Edit: I guess it was lobbying by the food industry.
  - dkersten 9y ago
    I assume it was so that they could make things look less unhealthy. "There is HOW MUCH salt in this?" "Yeah, but that's for four servings, the per serving amount is a measly X".
- jjeaff 9y ago
  n/a probably means "not available" in this case.

unwind 9y ago

The sugar content didn't look so bad to me, but I found the table in the upper left corner humorous: Recommended Pizza Serving Sizes: ------------------+------------- | Small ------------------+------------- Thin crust | 1/4 pizza Hand Tossed | 1/6 pizza Deep Dish | n/a Brooklyn | n/a How can the "recommended serving size" (aka "portion size", right?) be not applicable? Are they telling me it's not fit for consumption? Pretty sure I'm not getting it, not a native speaker, etc.

amelius 9y ago
Maybe they are selling that type of pizza only in regions where the recommendation is not mandatory? Just guessing.
throwaway0255 9y ago
They don't sell a small-size Deep Dish or Brooklyn.
teekert 9y ago
If you have bbq sauce on a small pizza (who eats a small pizza?) you already have 22 grams, add some ingredients and you get another couple of grams making a woman pass her daily allowed intake for added sugar (25 grams [0]). That means you shouldn't have any desert or soft drinks with it. No cereal that day, no muffin, nothing. Actually, a medium pizza crust + bbq sauce puts even a man over his limit of 30 grams per day. For a large pizza? Better not eat any bbq sauce at all. [0] https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/how-much-sugar-per-day https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/how-much-sugar-per-day
- ssijak 9y ago
  I always found those made up numbers funny. There are so many variables and so many different individuals, that slapping such EXACT number as "don`t eat more than 30gr of sugar per day" is so wrong.
  - teekert 9y ago
    It's about added sugar, you will consume more, even on a healthy diet. It's just that you don't strictly need it to function as a human. But, fine, slap a standard deviation of 10 grams on top of it. That doesn't really alter the conclusion. By the way, if you just grind tomatoes and garlic, add some olive oil and oregano and boil for 15 min you have a very nice pizza sauce imho... no sugar added or needed.
    - trisimix 9y ago
      Do I look like I can afford fresh ingredients
      - Retric 9y ago
        You don't exactly need fresh ingredients for that.
      - nthot 9y ago
        In most recipes, if the tomatoes are not in season you'll have better luck using canned tomatoes anyways.
        jjeaff 9y ago
        Many traditional recipes actually call for canned tomatoes over fresh. The canning process seems to affect the flavor in a positive way.
      - teekert 9y ago
        Are you from the US? Here in the Netherlands fresh takes 25% of the supermarket area and is way cheaper. You can get even better deals on the market. It doesn't help you i guess but I think in most countries its more normal to cook at home with fresh ingredients than it is to eat out or to use processed stuff. Maybe there are such areas in the US as well. Things such as tomatoes are available all year by the way and generally pretty cheap.
mrarjen 9y ago
Just have a look at the daily consumption recommendation of energy drinks, you can't even drink the whole can without going far over the daily limit. And I guess for n/a, you could go for "1/20 pizza" or less?
maxxxxx 9y ago
Who came up with the concept of "servings"? The only purpose I can see for this is to make large quantities look smaller. For example a lot of small bags of chips contain 2 or 3 servings although almost everybody eats the whole bag in one sitting. Edit: I guess it was lobbying by the food industry.
- dkersten 9y ago
  I assume it was so that they could make things look less unhealthy. "There is HOW MUCH salt in this?" "Yeah, but that's for four servings, the per serving amount is a measly X".
jjeaff 9y ago
n/a probably means "not available" in this case.