red pizza vs white pizza, what do you prefer???
By brothertuck
@brothertuck (1257)
United States
May 6, 2007 6:53pm CST
I have worked in pizza shops on and off my whole life.
People order white pizza thinking it is healthier then red, I don't agree. If you prefer white for the tastes, then great, eat what you like.
Red pizza is made on the same dough, uses similar cheeses. Both use basil and oregano. The only difference is oil vs tomato. Maybe the white pizza uses more garlic then the red pizza, but that goes to taste more then anything.
Tomatoes and tomato sauce are healthy, vitamin C and lutein, other vitamins and is a good complex carbohydrate.
Oil is liquid fat that is squeezed from vegetables, I know olive oil and some of the other oils are 'good fats', and are not unhealthy, but how does it make a white pizza healthier then red pizza.
Now that I've done my rant, which do you prefer, red pizza or white pizza, and why???
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4 responses
@ZaffireWolf (480)
• United States
7 May 07
They taste different. Although tomatoes and marinara and oregano are healthy, I think white pizza just doesn't have the tomato sauce. And even so, I'm pretty sure that it's the fried dough and the cheese that's what makes a pizza unhealthy, which is kind of a downer, cause cheese is good.
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@brothertuck (1257)
• United States
7 May 07
The place I worked at we did both types and the biggest difference was tomato sauce vs oil. We would put a layer of oil on the dough before the cheeses and spices.
I don't know if it's different where you are but we would put the toppings on and bake it in the oven not fry the dough.
As for the cheese, I agree that makes it extra fattening, but when I order or do my own pizza I put extra sauce and lite cheese.
@lightningMD (5931)
• United States
7 May 07
I prefer white pizza. Not because I think it's healthier but because I think it tastes better. If I order pizza with tomato sauce I always order light sauce.
