[news] Scottish team develops 'nutritional’ pizzas

[Arthur]

If you eat one for breakfast, one for lunch and one for dinner you'll get 90% of your daily vitamins and minerals.

 

Source: BBC

 

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A Scottish nutritionist has teamed up with an entrepreneur to produce what they claim are the first nutritionally balanced pizzas.

 

The pizzas are said to contain 30% of an adult's guideline daily amount of vitamins and minerals.

 

They are also said to have a third of the recommended amount of calories, protein and carbohydrate.

 

The pizzas were created by Mike Lean, of Glasgow University, and businessman Donnie Maclean.

 

Prof Lean, of the university's human nutrition department said the idea was born out of frustration.

 

He said: "If you go along to a supermarket or a restaurant and buy a meal, then somebody should have thought about it nutritionally.

 

"We've recently studied ready meals produced by the top five supermarkets in Scotland - common foods eaten in huge numbers - and they're hopelessly unbalanced.

 

"They contain as much salt as you should have in a whole day or more. They contain as much saturated fat as you should have in a whole day or more. The nutrients we need every day are absent from these meals. Nobody has thought about it. So I got together with Donnie to try to do this."

 

'Complete meal'

Mr Maclean helped Prof Lean come up with unusual ways of incorporating more nutrients into a pizza.

 

He said: "I researched the market and found that seaweed was an interesting new ingredient being used in artisan bread.

 

"So we used that as a way of reducing the salt level. The sodium content of seaweed is about 3.5% compared to 40% in salt. There's iodine in there, vitamin B12, all sorts of things. And the flavour is excellent as well."

 

Red pepper is also mixed in with the tomato base to give the pizza extra vitamin C. As well as these nutrients, each pizza contains magnesium, potassium, folates and vitamin A.

 

"The way the guidelines are set out, you have 20% of your nutrients and calories from your breakfast, 30% from your lunch, 30% from your dinner, and an extra 20% for snacks," said Mr Maclean, the founder of Eat Balanced.

 

"We focused on pizza being a lunch or a dinner option. Each pizza gives a complete meal, with all the nutrients in it, for 30% of your day."

 

A survey by Mintel suggested seven in 10 British adults eat pizza, with forecasters predicting the market will be worth £1bn by 2016.

[RabbieBurns]

How long does it need to be deep fried for?

[Arthur]

How long does it need to be deep fried for?

Not sure, but it probably needs deep frying three times.

[ZeroHour]

How long does it need to be deep fried for?

 

Also can I microwave it?

[localzuk]

Not sure what the point is, as you use your own brain to balance your meals... Get yourself a meat pizza? Balance it out with a salad and some sweetcorn, etc...

[Guest Guest]

Not sure what the point is, as you use your own brain to balance your meals... Get yourself a meat pizza? Balance it out with a salad and some sweetcorn, etc...

 

A Scottish salad is just cold chips so any extra vitamins had got to be a good idea