Table 4.
Nutrient contents, estimated from food composition tables (WinDiets 2005) and by laboratory analysis, for the prototype balanced Margherita pizza and the final retail product
| Prototype recipe | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laboratory analysis (per cooked pizza)* | Final recipe | ||||
| Nutrient | Dietary analysis (per pizza) | Mean | sd | FSA guidelines (adults) | Dietary analysis (per pizza) |
| Energy (kJ/kcal) | 2797/664 | 2810/667 | 34/14 | 2510/600† | 2163/513 |
| Fat (%E) | 29·3 | 19·6 | 0·4 | 20–35 | 27·3 |
| Saturated fat (%E) | 11·0 | 6·5 | 0·4 | <11 | 10·2 |
| Protein (%E) | 17·8 | 21·4 | 0·7 | >12 | 17·2 |
| CHO (%E) | 56·8 | 67·0 | 2·7 | 45–60† | 56·2 |
| NMES (%E) | 1·3 | 3·4 | 0·5 | <11 | 2·9 |
| NSP+DF (g) | 8·5 | 13·7 | 2·6 | >7·5 | 7·5 |
| Vitamin A (μg) | 343 | 427·5 | 34·2 | >210 | 465 |
| Vitamin C (mg) | 13·3 | 11·7 | 0·6 | >12† | 27·8 |
| Folate (mg) | 96·0 | 62·7 | 3·1 | >60 | 194 |
| Ca (mg) | 349 | 547·2 | 14·3 | >270 | 280 |
| Na (mg) | 817 | 1023·2 | 17·1 | <824‡ | 473 |
| Fe (mg) | 4·9 | 6·4 | 0·6 | >4·4 | 5·3 |
| Zn (mg) | 3·8 | 5·8 | 0·3 | >2·8 | 3·5 |
FSA, Food Standards Agency; %E, percentage of energy intake; CHO, carbohydrate, NMES, non-milk extrinsic sugars; DF, dietary fibre.
*Results expressed as means and standard deviations. Results are representative of triplicated analysis of duplicate samples.
†These nutrients were deemed to vary too much from the FSA guideline. The prototype recipe was modified to correct this and validated by WinDiets 2005 dietary analysis only.
‡This nutrient was deemed to vary too much from the FSA guideline. The prototype recipe was modified to correct this, and validated by both WinDiets 2005 dietary analysis and laboratory analysis.