Margherita Pizza: Calories, Nutrition & Healthier Swaps

Margherita is the simplest pizza — dough, tomato sauce, mozzarella and basil — with less salt and fat than pepperoni or meat pizzas.

Margherita Pizza nutrition facts per 100 g and per serving

Values per 100 g as eaten, averaged from food composition tables (USDA FoodData Central and others) and rounded — a specific brand or recipe will differ a little.

Margherita Pizza: nutrition highlights

A serving (slice, 120 g) provides 13 g of protein — about 24% of the 56 g daily reference for a 70 kg (154 lb) adult (0.8 g per kg). It has 2.4 g of fiber per serving — roughly 10% of the 25 g a day most adults fall short of.

On the open Nutri-Score algorithm, Margherita pizza gets a C: the middle of the scale — fine with an eye on portions. The score weighs calories, sugar, saturated fat and salt against protein, fiber and the share of fruit, vegetables, legumes and nuts.

What to watch

• It's low in fiber, so add vegetables, greens or beans to the plate.

How much movement is one serving?

One serving (slice, 120 g) is 294 kcal — roughly 1 h 36 min of easy walking or 37 min of cycling for a 70 kg (154 lb) person. In the diary, minutes are worked out for your weight and the activities you actually do.

Healthier swaps for Margherita Pizza

Swaps are picked the same way the app does it: from the same kind of food, with a serving matched to the same calories (±25%), and only when the swap is clearly better — not “salad instead of pizza”.

• Pizza marinara — 130 g, 296 kcal: −3.9 g saturated fat.
• Vegetable pakora — 150 g, 291 kcal: −3.1 g saturated fat, −1.3 g salt.
• Veggie burrito — 190 g, 287 kcal: −3.7 g saturated fat, −0.3 g salt.
• Shrimp tacos — 190 g, 287 kcal: −3.9 g saturated fat, −0.3 g salt.