Scientists Create Nutritionally Balanced Pizza

GLASGOWScottish scientists claim they have created the worlds first nutritionally balanced pizza that contains 30% of an adult's guideline daily amount of vitamins and minerals and one-third of the recommended amount of calories, protein and carbohydrate.

The Eat Balanced pizzas use all-natural, high-quality ingredients and that dont take away from the classic pizza taste and convenience. The range currently includes Cheese and Tomato, Ham and Pineapple, and Spicy Chicken.

The idea for the pizza line was born out of frustration that one of the worlds most popular foods was not nutritionally balanced. Scottish entrepreneur Donnie Mclean in association with Glasgow Universitys nutrition expert Professor Mike Lean created the new pizza line that contains the correct proportions of calories, proteins, carbohydrates, fats, salts, sugar, fiber, vitamins and minerals that humans need for a balanced meal.

They substituted unusual ingredients, such as seaweed, to reduce sodium content to 3.5% of  daily intake compared to frozen pizzas daily average of 40%. The pizzas also contain vitamin C-rich crushed red pepper in the tomato sauce along with vitamin B12, vitamin A, magnesium, potassium and folate to boost the nutritional profile

The concept of a balanced diet is well established in peoples minds; however, its not easy to make sure that you are getting exactly the right balance of what you need from each meal. I wanted to prove that a balanced meal could still be properly tasty, by choosing one of the nations favorite foods," said Mclean.

The frozen pizzas are expected to hit U.K. retailers in the near future.