High Protein, low-carb, grain free, gluten free, clean ingredients.
Real Good Foods is an order-to-ship frozen pizza company that has gotten people with diabetes in the U.S. leap for joy. With only four grams of carb per slice, their pizza seems like a healthy (yet still delicious) pizza alternative to people with diabetes.
Is this too good to be true?
Before you sink your teeth into one, you might want to hear me out.
Real Good Foods Pizza
Real Good Foods Pizza offers 25 g of protein and contains only 4 g of carb per slice. And that’s not all. Their products are gluten-free as well.
If you’re like me, you are probably wondering how they manage to create a pizza crust containing less than five grams of carb.
The secret to creating their signature low-carb crust lies in their “proprietary, all natural parmesan Chicken Crust” that is made with chicken breast, parmesan cheese, broth, salt, sunflower oil, and natural flavor. Only clean ingredients are used: hormone and antibiotic-free chicken; no artificial, hormones, and antibiotic cheese; GMO-free.
On their web page, they compared their pizza to other well-known frozen pizza brands. According to them, their pizza contains two times more protein, two times less sugar, and nearly ten times less carb than their competitors.
Sounds good, doesn’t it?
The Nutrition Facts Table
To view the Nutrition Facts Table and list of ingredients, click here.
*Based on a 2,000-calories / day diet.
The Good
- Acceptable amount of calorie per slice
- High in protein
- Low in sugar
Neutral
- Low in carb, which means that you’ll need to include a source of carb into your meal.
The Bad
- Saturated fats account for nearly half of the total fat and represent half of the daily limit intake
- The amount of cholesterol is relatively high, accounting for more than 20% of the total daily limit intake
- Sodium accounts for nearly half of the total limit daily intake based on the 2,300 mg-limit intake and more than 60% based on the 1,500 mg-limit intake
- Poor source of fiber
You see, even if their products seem very “healthy” and “good” for people living with diabetes, a closer look reveals that their 4 g-pizza are not all they are cracked up to be. The two issues that throw me off the most is the sodium and saturated fats, which account for more than 50% of total daily limit intake.
My Final Say: Far from being healthy, I consider this product equal to your typical fast foods.
References:
About Our Meal Plans. American Diabetes Association. URL Link. Accessed October 6, 2016.
Canadian Journal of Diabetes. Canadian Diabetes Association. URL Link. Published 2013. Accessed October 5, 2016.
