Calories in Pizza
285 kcal for a regular cheese slice, 200 for thin crust, 450 for stuffed. The slice weight decides more than the topping.
285 calories in a slice of cheese pizza
A regular slice of cheese pizza — 107 g, about one eighth of a 14-inch pie — carries roughly 285 kcal. Per 100 g that is 266 kcal. The range in real life is wide: a thin-crust slice can be 200 kcal, a stuffed-crust slice can pass 450.
| Style | Typical slice | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Thin crust, cheese | 80–90 g | 200–250 |
| Regular hand-tossed, cheese | 107 g | 285 |
| Pepperoni or sausage | 110–120 g | 300–350 |
| Meat lovers, extra cheese | 130–150 g | 380–450 |
| Deep dish, cheese | 150–200 g | 400–550 |
| Stuffed crust, cheese | 130–150 g | 380–480 |
Why one slice is hard to pin down
Three things move the number more than the topping does:
- Slice weight. Chains cut the same 14-inch pizza into 8 or 10 slices; a 10-slice cut is 20% lighter per slice and looks like a smaller number.
- Crust depth. Deep dish is essentially a pie: the dough alone can be 300 kcal a slice before cheese.
- Cheese quantity. Cheese is about 400 kcal per 100 g. An extra 30 g across a pizza adds roughly 15 kcal to each of eight slices — small per slice, 120 kcal per pie.
A whole 14-inch cheese pizza is roughly 2,300–2,700 kcal. That figure, not the slice, is what matters when the box is open in front of you.
The salt is the other half of the story
A single cheese slice carries roughly 600–700 mg of sodium, and a meat-topped slice more. Four slices is close to a full day of the 2,300 mg limit that most adults are advised to stay under. If you are watching blood pressure, pizza is a salt delivery system with cheese on top.
What a slice costs in movement
At 70 kg, 285 kcal is roughly:
- 7,125 steps — about an hour of walking
- 24 minutes running at 6 mph
- 37 g of body-fat equivalent (285 ÷ 7,700)
Two slices after a sedentary day is 570 kcal, which is about 40% of a 1,400 kcal deficit plan — before the garlic bread.
On "pizza is bad". A slice is not a moral failure, and one slice rarely decides a week. The useful question is what the rest of the day looks like: pizza plus a sugary drink plus dessert is a different day from pizza plus a salad and a walk.
Questions
Does thin crust really save calories?
Yes, mostly from dough: a thin slice is 30–80 kcal lighter than a hand-tossed slice of the same diameter. It does not make the pizza low-calorie — cheese and oil still dominate.
Is cauliflower crust lower in calories?
Often not by much. A cauliflower-crust cheese slice is typically 230–280 kcal, because the cheese and toppings are unchanged. Check the label: some brands are higher than wheat crust.
How many calories in a whole frozen pizza?
A typical supermarket frozen cheese pizza (350–450 g) is 800–1,100 kcal. The box states the value per half or per quarter; multiply before deciding it is a single serving.
Does the calculator use one slice or a whole pizza?
One slice of the regular cheese pizza in the food list (107 g, 285 kcal). For two slices set the quantity to 2; for another style use the table above and scale by weight.