HOT! Pizza Hut Rated Worst Place to Eat
by Iris Ka-Yan Ng on 7 October, 2009
Food experts from Good Food Guide tested out 6 different chains in the hope of finding the perfect pizza. They were in for a ride.
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The infamous margherita pizza was to be sampled for this little experiment, and the 6 giants in pizza-making to be tried are: Pizza Hut, Prezzo, Zizzi, Ask, Frankie & Benny’s, and Pizza Express.
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Unsurprisingly, they were all rated “red” in the Food Standard Agency (FSA) traffic light system for salt and saturated fat.
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So, what else is new?
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Pizza Hut was found to serve the worst pizzas, with the poorest restaurant service. With a score of only 11 out of 45, food experts say it is “best avoided“.
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Not only were they bad quality, but they were also the smallest in size, with the highest amount of fat. It was found that their pizzas contained 70% of a woman’s maximum daily allowance of saturated fat.
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Frankie & Benny’s came 5th, with poor taste and a low quality of restaurant service. It came to tie with Pizza Hut at 11 points.
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Ask came second, with 27 out of 45. The reviewers mostly commented on the restaurant service quality. I guess it’s the experience, as much as the taste!
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Zizzi followed with 26, as it would appear they don’t save on ingredients. Food experts complimented Zizzi, saying that “the addition of the fresh herbs was a nice touch”.
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Prezzo was a close rival, with 25.5. The thing that was the downer for Prezzo was the inconsistency between branches.
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Pizza Express came top for taste, earning 30.5 out of 45 points, impressing the critics with their “flavoursome” and “well-balanced” pizzas. They were also the lowest in fat out of all 6 dishes.
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All the pizzas’ nutritional values can be found on Which? magazine.
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Healthy eating is hard when feel-good food is as tempting as this - but perhaps checking out the salt level at your favourite fast food chains might help control the cravings!
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But of course, you need to indulge yourself sometimes. For that, the Americans know how to do it right!
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For sweeter and less greasy options, why not check out our 5 simple yet heavenly desserts? But if it’s still pizzas you want, studentbeans.com brings you deals with most of the branches mentioned above!
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