Pizza: frozen thick vs restaurant or fast food thin USDA FDC 2708625 vs 2708626
Per 100 g, frozen thick reports 11.5 g total fat, while restaurant or fast food thin reports 8.4 g total fat.
The comparison uses two cited USDA records. Their complete source names, household portions, nutrient values, and FoodData Central links remain visible below.
Record A · FDC 2708625
Pizza, cheese with vegetables, from frozen, thick crust
Check this record in FoodData Central ↗Record B · FDC 2708626
Pizza, cheese, with vegetables, from restaurant or fast food, thin crust
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Total fat at the same 100-gram weight
Bar length shows the two cited values on one shared denominator. It does not rank either food or establish why they differ.
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11.5 g -
8.4 g
Shared basis: 100 g · g
Equal-weight evidence
Nutrition per 100 grams
Both columns use the same mass, which compares nutrient concentration without allowing the two representative source amounts to change the denominator. “A +” or “B +” reports the arithmetic difference between the cited values; it is not a quality score.
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| Nutrient | A · Pizza, cheese with vegetables, from frozen… | B · Pizza, cheese, with vegetables, from… | Difference |
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| Calories | 253 kcal | 234 kcal | A +19 kcal |
| Protein | 9.8 g | 10 g | B +0.2 g |
| Total fatMaterial difference | 11.5 g | 8.4 g | A +3.1 g |
| Carbohydrate | 27.7 g | 29.9 g | B +2.2 g |
| Dietary fiber | 2.1 g | 2.2 g | B +0.1 g |
| Total sugars | 3.6 g | 3.6 g | No difference at displayed precision |
| Sodium | 418 mg | 465 mg | B +47 mg |
| Saturated fat | 4 g | 3.9 g | A +0.1 g |
| Potassium | 153 mg | 171 mg | B +18 mg |
| Calcium | 168 mg | 164 mg | A +4 mg |
| Iron | 2.1 mg | 2.2 mg | No difference at displayed precision |
Values come from the two cited USDA FoodData Central Survey Foods records. Feast does not average records, impute missing values, or infer a nutrient from the food name.
Read the table by question
Every material primary-nutrient difference on this page is numerically higher in A (1 of 1).
These answers describe concentration per 100 grams. “More” and “less” identify the arithmetic direction only; they do not decide which record is a better match or which food is better for a person.
Which reports fewer calories?
Record B
Record B reports 234 kcal, compared with 253 kcal in the other record—a difference of 19 kcal.
Which reports more protein?
Record B
Record B reports 10 g, compared with 9.8 g in the other record—a difference of 0.2 g.
Which reports more fiber?
Record B
Record B reports 2.2 g, compared with 2.1 g in the other record—a difference of 0.1 g.
Which reports less sodium?
Record A
Record A reports 418 mg, compared with 465 mg in the other record—a difference of 47 mg.
What differs in the source descriptions
The exact names carry information the numbers cannot.
USDA assigns both records to “Pizza,” but the topic label is broad. Record A is “Pizza, cheese with vegetables, from frozen, thick crust.” Record B is “Pizza, cheese, with vegetables, from restaurant or fast food, thin crust.” Feast paired them because their contrast-neutral food identities are an exact match, not merely because they share a generic category.
The controlled name parser found 3 interpretable distinctions. These labels organize wording already present in the names; they do not establish that a distinction caused a nutrient difference.
| Description dimension | Record A | Record B |
|---|---|---|
| Source form | frozen | No matching controlled term in the source name |
| Source context | No matching controlled term in the source name | restaurant or fast food |
| Crust wording | thick crust | thin crust |
Even a clean name contrast can carry hidden companions. A fried record may also include coating; a restaurant record can use a different recipe; a reduced-sodium description can differ in more than salt; and a source amount can reflect a different reporting convention. That is why this page reports the complete pair rather than treating one word as an intervention.
Portion context
A representative source amount is not a shared “serving.”
Record A uses USDA reference amount at 286 g. Record B uses USDA reference amount at 200 g. Those labels and gram weights come from their respective records. They are useful for scaling the chosen profile, but they are not recommendations and need not describe equal amounts.
The two representative amounts differ by 86 g (30% of the larger amount). This is why the main table holds mass at 100 g. After selecting the closer description, use its household measure or a gram estimate for the amount actually eaten.
A cup, piece, slice, sandwich, fillet, or fluid ounce can have different gram weights across records. A matching label is not enough: check the listed grams. If accuracy matters more than convenience, weighing the food or using a current package label can be more specific than a generic survey-food measure.
Record A measures
- 1 piece, NFS143 g
- 1 frozen personal size pizza (5-7" diameter)215 g
- 1 frozen small pizza (8-10" diameter)483 g
- 1 frozen medium pizza (11-13" diameter)859 g
- 1 frozen large pizza (14-16" diameter)1,343 g
- 1/2 bagel100 g
- 1/2 English muffin58 g
- 1 French bread165 g
Record B measures
- 1 piece, NFS100 g
- 1 piece, small pizza68 g
- 1 piece, medium pizza73 g
- 1 piece, large pizza100 g
- 1 piece, extra-large pizza112 g
- 1 personal size pizza (5-7" diameter)149 g
- 1 small pizza (8-10" diameter)409 g
- 1 medium pizza (11-12" diameter)584 g
USDA source formulation evidence
The listed inputs provide another way to audit the match.
FNDDS includes input-food rows behind each standardized survey-food record. Record A’s leading listed inputs include Pizza, cheese topping, regular crust, frozen, cooked, Onions, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt, Peppers, sweet, green, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt. Record B’s include Fast Food, Pizza Chain, 14" pizza, cheese topping, regular crust, Onions, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt, Peppers, sweet, green, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt. Ingredient-code overlap is 50%, and normalized listed-input-weight variation is 93%.
Record A · 3 coded inputs
Pizza, cheese with vegetables, from frozen, thick crust
- Pizza, cheese topping, regular crust, frozen, cookedIngredient code 21224 · open source index93.5% of listed input weight
- Onions, cooked, boiled, drained, without saltIngredient code 11283 · open source index3.3% of listed input weight
- Peppers, sweet, green, cooked, boiled, drained, without saltIngredient code 11334 · open source index3.3% of listed input weight
Record B · 3 coded inputs
Pizza, cheese, with vegetables, from restaurant or fast…
- Fast Food, Pizza Chain, 14" pizza, cheese topping, regular crustIngredient code 21299 · open source index86.1% of listed input weight
- Onions, cooked, boiled, drained, without saltIngredient code 11283 · open source index7% of listed input weight
- Peppers, sweet, green, cooked, boiled, drained, without saltIngredient code 11334 · open source index7% of listed input weight
2 shared coded inputs
The largest shared entries include Onions, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt, Peppers, sweet, green, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt. Shared codes can still carry different listed weights.
1 A-only and 1 B-only coded inputs
A-only entries include Pizza, cheese topping, regular crust, frozen, cooked. B-only entries include Fast Food, Pizza Chain, 14" pizza, cheese topping, regular crust.
Important: repeated rows carrying the same ingredient code are combined before the shares and overlap are calculated. These weights belong to USDA’s source formulation: they are not a reconstructed plate, final cooked yield, visitor serving, ingredient declaration, or estimate of what is visible in a photo. USDA’s FNDDS documentation explains that these calculation recipes can represent multiple variants, may include retention or moisture adjustments, and are not product-label ingredient lists.
- NFS means “not further specified.” The record intentionally leaves the exact subtype, size, or preparation unresolved.
Choosing the closer record
Match context first; scale second.
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Read both names literally
Compare cooking method, coating, edible skin or peel, sauce, additions, venue, source form, and food subtype. For this pair, the full A and B descriptions above are the evidence—not shortened search labels.
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Use listed inputs as a check
If the name still leaves ambiguity, compare the leading and unique source inputs. They can reveal that two near names refer to meaningfully different standardized formulations, but they do not reconstruct your dish.
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Choose an amount for that record
After choosing A or B, use its own named measure and gram weight. Do not transfer a cup, slice, or “typical amount” from the other record as if the measures were interchangeable.
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Account for missing details
Brand, current restaurant recipe, cooking oil, drained weight, toppings, substitutions, and unfinished portions may not be captured. A label or weighed recipe can supersede a generic reference when it better matches the actual food.
Limits and responsible interpretation
This is a comparison of records, not a causal study.
The two records come from 2021–2023 FoodData Central Survey Foods data. The nutrient table faithfully compares their published values on the same weight basis. It does not measure two plates prepared at the same time, isolate one ingredient, or estimate the uncertainty around either value.
For this pair, the source names differ across 3 documented description dimensions, while the listed formulations show 50% ingredient-code overlap and 93% normalized listed-weight variation. Moisture, ingredient proportions, preparation, and record construction can therefore move together. The page can describe the combined record difference; it cannot isolate the effect of one word.
A higher or lower number is not an overall verdict. Protein, fiber, sodium, energy, fat, micronutrients, preferences, allergies, budget, portion, and an individual’s goals answer different questions. Feast therefore reports directions and magnitudes without applying a universal “healthier” label.
This page is educational and does not diagnose a condition, prescribe a target, or replace advice from a qualified professional. For an allergy, medically directed diet, or strict ingredient limit, use verified ingredient information and guidance appropriate to that situation.
How this page qualified
A page is published only when the pair clears materiality and diversity gates.
Both records must occupy the same USDA survey-food topic and share a close food identity after a controlled vocabulary separates preparation, edible-part, source, claim, crust, and sauce wording. Exact contrast-neutral identities receive priority. Close ingredient or form substitutions can qualify when name overlap remains high and the numerical evidence is material.
For primary nutrients, Feast requires both an absolute and relative difference: at least 20 kcal and 12% for energy; 2 g and 18% for protein or fat; 5 g and 15% for carbohydrate; 1 g and 20% for fiber; 4 g and 20% for sugars; or 100 mg and 20% for sodium. A focused one-nutrient pair also needs a material representative-amount or formulation distinction. Rounding-only pairs are not published.
Unordered FDC IDs define a canonical pair, so reversing A and B cannot create another page. Each source record can appear twice at most, each USDA topic contributes no more than 40 pages, and closely repeated identity families are capped. Those rules produced a selective comparison library rather than every mathematical combination in the corpus.
Read the complete nutrition-page methodology for import, nutrient mapping, portion scaling, Daily Value, and uncertainty rules.
Decision support from the exact records on this page
Turn source data into a better next decision
These conclusions and reading paths are computed from 2 exact records behind Pizza, cheese with vegetables, from frozen, thick crust versus Pizza, cheese, with vegetables, from restaurant or fast food, thin crust. Links are chosen by record identity, controlled contrast, formulation input, nutrient spread, or serving context—not by loose keyword similarity.
Equal-weight result
Pizza, cheese with vegetables, from frozen, thick crust is higher in total fat per 100 g
Pizza, cheese with vegetables, from frozen, thick crust reports 11.5 g versus 8.4 g for Pizza, cheese, with vegetables, from restaurant or fast food, thin crust: a 3.1 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.
Inspect the underlying evidenceThe denominator changes the answer
Pizza, cheese, with vegetables, from restaurant or fast food, thin crust is denser; Pizza, cheese with vegetables, from frozen, thick crust is higher in its source amount
Pizza, cheese, with vegetables, from restaurant or fast food, thin crust reports 10 g per 100 g and 19.9 g in USDA source amount (200 g). Pizza, cheese with vegetables, from frozen, thick crust reports a lower 9.8 g per 100 g but a higher 27.9 g in USDA source amount (286 g).
Record identity is part of the estimate
Distinguish “Pizza, cheese with vegetables, from frozen, thick crust” from “Pizza, cheese, with vegetables, from restaurant or fast food, thin crust”
These are separate USDA records with separate formulations or survey descriptions. Match preparation, additions, and the named household amount before borrowing either record’s nutrients.
Inspect the underlying evidenceContextual knowledge graph
Follow the relationship that matches your question
For Pizza, cheese with vegetables, from frozen, thick crust versus Pizza, cheese, with vegetables, from restaurant or fast food, thin crust, each path states why the destination belongs here, so you can distinguish a true evidentiary connection from a merely similar label.
Pizza, cheese, with vegetables, from restaurant or fast food, thin crust is explicitly linked in this guide, which separates direct name matches from contextual variants.
Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Fast Food, Pizza Chain, 14" pizza, cheese topping, regular crustUSDA input 21299 appears in 1 of 2 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 691–691 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.
Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Pizza, cheese topping, regular crust, frozen, cookedUSDA input 21224 appears in 1 of 2 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 1,428–1,428 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.
Follow this evidence path Test a nearby record choice Pizza, cheese and vegetables, whole wheat thin crust vs Pizza, cheese, with vegetables, from restaurant or fast food, thin crustPizza, cheese, with vegetables, from restaurant or fast food, thin crust is held as one side of the comparison. The explicit record-description contrast is Source context: No matching controlled term in the source name versus restaurant or fast food; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.
Follow this evidence path Test a nearby record choice Pizza with cheese and extra vegetables, medium crust vs Pizza, cheese with vegetables, from frozen, thick crustPizza, cheese with vegetables, from frozen, thick crust is held as one side of the comparison. The explicit record-description contrast is Source form: No matching controlled term in the source name versus frozen; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.
Follow this evidence path One exact record, broader decision context Pizza, cheesePizza, cheese, with vegetables, from restaurant or fast food, thin crust is explicitly linked in this guide, which separates direct name matches from contextual variants.
Follow this evidence path 2 context records in this source topic PizzaPizza, cheese with vegetables, from frozen, thick crust and Pizza, cheese, with vegetables, from restaurant or fast food, thin crust belong to this USDA source-category collection. Its displayed ranges and complete exact-record catalog provide the peer set for a manual comparison; the destination does not preselect this page’s record.
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