Yesterday, I saw an commericial on television for Pizza Hut's
new all natural pizza. While the ad showed the delectible
fresh ingredients that crafted their new product, I couldn't
help but wonder: What the heck was in their other pizzas? I've
eaten their other pizzas. Should I start worry?
I started to feel really icky after watching that commerical.
Pizza Hut is telling us that this new product is worth
purchasing because their other products are culinary crap, not to
mention bad for us? Did they hope no one would notice that
meta-message? Do they think we are daft?
I'm not sure where one would get a faux tomato, but my guess is
that its probably expensive to acquire. Does processed cheese-food
really cost more than real mozerella? I know pepperoni
isn't the healthiest of meats (if you can call it a meat),
but how do you make it even worse for your
body? That has to take some skill! What do they use in
their crust? Is flour and egg really too expensive to use on
a grand scale? Has Pizza Hut been slowly killing us?
Do over processed ingredients really make a restaraunt
good and cost effective? Gordon Ramsey would have a field day with
Pizza Hut. He'd tell them they have no bullocks.
I've lost my urge for most chain resturaunts, especially those
that boast fast-food version of americana favorites. The
alternatives are worth waiting 5 more minutes for while being
roughly the same price, tastier and healthier.
Those yummy places never needed to advertise their fresh,
healthy, menu items on television or radio because word
of mouth was free; If you cook it well, they will come. You may
have waited 30 or more minutes on a busy night, but you did so
happily, while drooling in anticipation. Eating from that
sorta establishment is almost, if not as good as, sex.
These days, when I'm home and we have a hankering for pie,
I've gotten into the habit of making my
own pizzas. Partly because we have to stretch
dollars and partly because I know I'm not putting junk in
my child's belly. I'm also, as a benefit teaching him
that healthful foods can taste great and be made at home.
If my family had a choice between Pizza Hut and
Mommy-made pizza, I know exactly who they'd want to craft their
pies...
User Post: Wait...what?! Pizza Hut is telling us it has been serving up culinary crap?
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Posted by Tue Jan 6, 2009 9:43am PST
Report AbuseI for one, do not eat there that often, because I know I usually have to drink a gallon of water after (the sodium is very high). Check out there web site and look at all the sodium content.
http://www.pizzahut.ca/en/menu/nutrition
I agree, that making a pizza at home at home is better for everyone, but for time consuming efforts try buying a fresh pizza at the grocery store made in ther deli department. There inexpensive and less sodium content that frozen ones.
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Posted by Tue Jan 6, 2009 10:08am PST
Report AbuseI'm fortunate to live in Chicago, and Pizza Hut is pretty much equivocal to licking the bottom of a shoe. I choose real pizza over this garbage any day, regardless of their desperate attempts to make their food more appealing. But, again, I've got it like that. Keep making your own...that's where the real deliciousness comes in!
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Posted by Tue Jan 6, 2009 10:09am PST
Report AbuseI used to work at a Pizza Hut and I won't eat there now. I do know that the dough is purchased in large sacks and mixed in buckets first thing in the morning. The sauce comes in tubs. Veggies are trucked in weekly. Meats are shipped frozen. They get all this stuff from vendors. The dough is the stuff you just add water to and actually does contain animal ingredients (do not eat if you're a vegan). Maybe they just changed vendors or *gasp* put a marketing spin on a new recipie using the same usual ingredients and maybe sprinkle it with dried oregano to make it look "Italian."
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Posted by Tue Jan 6, 2009 11:26am PST
Report AbuseMy opinion is that Pizza Hut is just one of the feeding establshments that are killing us. They serve food-like substances (not a term that I coined), not food. Their ingredients are highly processed, and as already mentioned, full of sodium. However, such establishments have figured a way to make their products (or some other aspect of the feeding experiences they offer) additctive. We, as consumers, must constantly be on alert and make our choices for the right reasons, rather than falling prey to the manipulations of big business.
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Posted by Wed Jan 7, 2009 10:00am PST
Report Abuseoh come on its pizza I just look at one and gain a pound I dont believe there is such a thing as a healthy pizza lol
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Posted by Wed Jan 7, 2009 11:44am PST
Report AbuseI highly doubt there is anything "new" about "The Natural". Same old crap in a pretty, new container. Pizza Hut is just the latest one to jump on the organic bandwagon... not that there is anything natural or organic about their products. The thing is, the products don't actually have to BE natural, just as long as they can make you THINK they are.
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Posted by Thu Jan 8, 2009 12:48am PST
Report AbuseHahaha, I never thought of it this way. They probably didn't either.
They just wanted to hop on board with the earth-crunchy crowd using the buzzword "natural" which will probably cause them all to go scrambling to get this new "natural" pizza even though most of them have no idea what it means. I don't even really know what it means. I understand the concept of "organic" but think THAT'S way overrated. I have yet to encounter any kind of grain flour, tomato, or cheese that did not in some way come from nature.
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Posted by Wed Feb 4, 2009 1:37pm PST
Report AbuseHealthy natural pizza from Pizza Hut? No such thing, aint possible,it's a fast food place tring to make as much profit as possible. That calulates into the cheapest ingredients prepared at the cheapest cost in the fastest amout of time. I love to cook with real organic, veggies or fruit, as fresh as possible, and it can not be done in 20 minutes or less. (unless you eat veggies and fruit with out preparation)
Here is another example of a compamy spending millions in hope we buy the lie.
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Posted by Tue Apr 7, 2009 1:29am PDT
Report AbuseI work serving at pizza hut....dont think our food is healthy...lol..the natural is pretty good tasting. Its the management at work i cant stand:( I got screamed at 2nite for punching in an order wrong....he swore at me and threw dishes around...although it is not a problem when the cooks mess up orders on a regular basis...
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Posted by Tue Apr 7, 2009 1:33am PDT
Report AbuseIt is new natural peperoni and sausage...no nitrates or preservatives
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