Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Dallas-based Pizza Hut introduces healthy-ish new pizza
Pizza Hut is introducing pizza featuring all natural ingredients called "the Natural" with sauce made from organic tomatoes, no artificial preservatives in the toppings, and a multi-grain crust.
Details, details:
-- Multi-grain crust is baked from a blend of traditional pizza dough and five different whole grains, sweetened with honey and infused with olive oil.
-- Natural Toppings: New Rustica recipe has sliced Italian sausage, marinated Roma tomatoes, and fire-roasted red peppers.
The move to natural products extends to the box. The Natural pizza will be served in boxes made from up to 75% recycled material.
This summer Dallas and Tampa residents get a first taste of The Natural before it is introduced to a national audience. A medium one-topping pizza is $9.99. The Natural Rustica pizza is $11.99.
Source: Pizza Hut
Collin Gouldin says:
the sauce is not organic, just the tomatoes... And in no way is anything this company makes healthy.
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Scott Doyle says:
They have tasty wings, though!
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xdavidwattsx says:
"And in no way is anything this company makes healthy."
Quoted for truth.
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Scott Doyle says:
I'm pretty sure nobody calls up Pizza Hut with the intent on ordering a well-balanced meal. They want the tastiness.
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xdavidwattsx says:
Yeah, but it's misleading at best when they try to advertise it to imply it's healthy.
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Scott Doyle says:
Implication is in the eye of the beholder, ace. Simply says they're using some natural ingredients. And they call it The Natural, not The Healthy. Connotation between the two ain't their fault.
I don't disagree that people ordering this thing thinking they're eating healthier are kidding themselves, but eating the healthiest of foods is up to the consumer. Pizza Hut simply offers up what you'd expect...pizza.
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John McClelland says:
They've had this pizza for a while actually. It is pretty good. You can also get the new healthyish toppings on your regular grease soaked pan pizza.
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xdavidwattsx says:
"And they call it The Natural, not The Healthy. Connotation between the two ain't their fault. "
It ain't no accident, either.
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Scott Doyle says:
Good marketing, imo.
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OPENDOORS79 says:
WHO CARES? IF YOU WANT IT EAT IT. IF YOU WANT HEALTHY DONT!
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jtmbls says:
YEAH!!!
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Alex Bentley says:
No need to yell at us on your first post, Opendoors. We're a generally friendly bunch.
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jtmbls says:
He's lying. We're not friendly at all. Keep yelling...especially at Doyle.
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Scott Doyle says:
I kinda like the new guy.
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OPENDOORS79 says:
My apologies, yes im a newby. Im a female.
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David Gouldin says:
The phrase "spoil yourself and your dinner" in your <a href="http://media.pegasusnews.com/img/users/avatar/2008/08/05/los_angeles_242.jpg">avatar</a> is quite timely. Welcome!
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James Scott says:
How dare those deceptive marketers develop a product that might interest a certain market segment of customers that would otherwise not consider eating at their establishment. I think we should really consider some sort of legistlation against these tactics.
BTW - the pizza is pretty tasty - and actually is pretty healthy (and still pretty tasty) if you order w/out cheese. Nevermind that, though - by all means, blast away at them.
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Collin Gouldin says:
<a href="http://www.thedailyplate.com/nutrition-calories/food/pizza-hut/the-natural-with-default-toppings"> Nutritional info </a>
Healthy (or "pretty healthy"), is different than not as bad for you ...
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Jason Rice says:
OPENDOORS79 - Oh, lord, Now Scott knows you're female. Shoulda kept the ruse going.
She was kidding Scott... I mean He.
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xdavidwattsx says:
I'm with Collin. Let's tap the brakes a bit on the overuse of healthy.
Let's also come to the realization that if you are buying food from a restaurant it does not qualify as healthy. Period. They are in the business of making food taste good so that you'll buy more of it. Nothing more, nothing less. Any misnomer of it actually being good for you is total and utter BS.
If you want to eat it then great, just don't pretend you're doing yourself any favors.
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Scott Doyle says:
Woah, woah, woah. Why is Doyle being singled out here? If anything, she's got the edge since jtmbls won't be tracking her down (unless jtm's bicurious).
Pavel, on the other hand...
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Rawlins Gilliland says:
Can DOMINO's catch up? Let's put the Gouldins on their case per Gubbins with Pavel and Doyle possible taste test consumers.
http://www.theonion.com/content/video...
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David Gouldin says:
They've lost their edge ever since Batman killed The Noid
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jtmbls says:
Oh, nice. Way to scare off the new person Doyle…
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Scott Doyle says:
Umm, are you saying you're bicurious?
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Jason Rice says:
Scott, why do you hate the bicurious?
(had, to man... had to)
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jtmbls says:
No, I'm saying you're a jackass. :-) Anymore questions?
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Collin Gouldin says:
I love this job more than I love taffy, and I'm a man who loves his taffy.
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Scott Doyle says:
Pretty sure I'd kill myself if I was unemployed and following this thread.
PegNews has come a long way!
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Collin Gouldin says:
what's stopping you ScoDo ;-)
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Scott Doyle says:
Burn.
P.S. I'm well aware Collin's referencing Mayor Adam West from Family Guy. Just saying that a thread about a new pizza product turned into bisexual allegations and general jackassery...while (hopefully) most peeps involved were at work.
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Jason Rice says:
::sniffle:: Our little media experiment is growing up ::sniff::
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xdavidwattsx says:
I don't work. I steal copper.
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jtmbls says:
Always nice to stop and smell the roses...or whatever.
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Catspaw12 says:
"Let's also come to the realization that if you are buying food from a restaurant it does not qualify as healthy. Period."
Consider for a minute what it means to be "healthy." Is it more healthy, for example, to cook at home than to eat at a restaurant (or have a pizza delivered) even if you feel that cooking eats into time energy you'd rather spend on your family?
Is it realistic for two working parents struggling to raise kids on an HHI of $50K total to make a home-cooked meal of healthy ingredients every night?
Perhaps some of the people who choose to eat pizza from Pizza Hut, Domino's or anywhere else are motivated by things other than taste. For them, perhaps the ease and convenience of delivered pizza is "healthy" in its own right, as a a way of managing daily overwhelming pressure to provide on a desperate budget. To find an option that delivers more than processed flour and pepperoni is simply icing on the cake.
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Collin Gouldin says:
its all about priorities ...
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Rick Yost says:
Pizza's like Mexican food...one of the five food groups.
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xdavidwattsx says:
catspaw -
I can cook a healthier (and usually better) meal at home ANY day of the week cheaper than I can go out to eat for (unless of course you consider a couple of big macs "going out to eat"). Just like I make my own lunch most days of the week to save money and calories vs eating out.
And if cooking meals at home and eating with the family cuts into your family time then I just don't know what to tell you.
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David Gouldin says:
This is coming from a 20-something with no kids so take it with a big grain of salt, but couldn't meal preparation be a family activity? It seems like a good opportunity to teach kids a skill and do something together as a family.
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Erin Rice says:
From the time we could walk, my brothers and I played soccer. For a good while, there were three kids with weekly soccer practices at different parks all over DFW who couldn't drive. Cooking just wasn't an option some nights.
Don't get me wrong, my mom cooked several nights a week (to our dismay), but sometimes you just gotta order pizza. It's not the physically healthiest option, but often it's one of few options you have managing a busy, no, hectic family.
And hey, thanks to the athletic focus, my brothers and I managed to stave off childhood-obesity and learned decent time management skills, so it's not all bad.
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James Scott says:
Collin - take away the cheese like I said and you've got a piece of pizza that's much less than 200 calories with virtually no cholesterol and not much saturated fat, if any. So, yes, I'm gonna go ahead and call that healthy. Not that most would actually order it without cheese, but that's how I eat my pizza.
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Jason Rice says:
Dave-o Impressive talk from a - yes - 20 something. No arguments here. We try to do that at the house and should do more.
Are you trying to impress a new girl or something. Them's "marriageable words" there, bud.
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David Gouldin says:
Well I'm not only marriagable but marriaged! :)
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Peter Stawicki says:
My thought for several years now is that if just one restaurant went out of its way to switch the little things, they would get every bit of my business.
Little things to me as a fat guy losing weight (And having turned 40 and started reading labels) are, wheat breads or whole grain, the ability to hold the sauces/condiments, the ability to get a bare chicken breast instead of breaded, and maybe if just one could hold back on the major sodium content. I have found myself instead shopping at 7-11 where I can get fruit, whole wheat sandwiches (Yes the sodium content is still too high), smart choices like triscuts or whole wheat crackers instead of chips and flavored waters or sugar free icees.
Why don't some of the restaurants get a clue. (Chick Fil-a (sp??) has a few options) Try finding ANYTHING healthy on a Sonic Menu...
(Stepping down from the soap box now)
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Collin Gouldin says:
what you should be saying is, " why don't consumers get a clue". these fast food places only exist cause people keep going there.
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Rawlins Gilliland says:
TRY a Tried and True-For-Millennia Recipe:
F.O.O.D.=C.O.O.K.=M.E.A.L.S.=H.E.A.L.T.H. & H.A.P.P.I.N.E.$.$.
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xdavidwattsx says:
Thing is, it's not only fast food joints. Go to Craft, Abacus or Stephan Pyle's. You'll walk away from one meal having gorged on thousands of calories. What you think is healthy is loaded with salt, fat, and sodium. EVERYTHING is cooked or basted with butter.
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Keasteregg says:
All this talk is making me hungry. Guess I'll go eat my Jenny Craig food!
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Collin Gouldin says:
right, cause <a href="http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/healthy/news/dietdelivery_jennycraig"> additives, artificial ingredients, added sugars, and hydrogenated oils (i.e., trans fats).</a> are healthy....
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Keasteregg says:
I didn't say a word about JC being healthy, I just said I was hungry.
Thanks for the link to JC article - it was RIGHT ON POINT!!
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