Mia Italian-Style Pizza Crust with Sauce: Product Review

Mia Italian Style Pizza Crust is available on store shelves for the person looking for some real fast food. I was looking for tortillas at Walmart and came across this package which piqued my interest. This product comes under the heading, more or less, of heat-and-serve.

Description of Product

The thick, clear, plastic package held two thick, pre-cooked pizza crusts and two packets of pizza sauce. It weighs in at two pounds.

You are invited to "create your own" by adding your choice of toppings...cheese (they recommend mozzarella), sausage, mushrooms, seafood, ham, cooked bacon, red or green pepper, or any other appropriate ingredients. By all means, you should make the most of this. From personal experience, I would be inclined if I try it again to buy additional pizza sauce.

There's no MSG, it's cholesterol free, low fat, with no transfats. It is high on carbs....more on that in a moment. It also contains wheat and may contain traces of soy according to the package, because it is made in a facility which products soybean-based products.

Preparation

I must admit, preparation is pretty simple.

I unwrapped it, popped the sauce packet and smeared it on a single pizza crust. I then added a generous amount of inexpensive shredded cheese I had also purchased at Walmart, added oregano, some dried vegetable flakes, a couple slices of diced turkey breast, and tossed it into a 425 degree oven for about 8-10 minutes or until cheese is melted and crust is golden brown. The extra pizza crust went into a plastic bag that is conveniently included for refrigeration. Once done in the oven, serve immediately.

If you like a softer crust, heat it in an aluminum pan.

There are 150 servings, but a laughable 8 servings per pizza. Per serving there is fiber amounting to 4% of daily value, but 8% of total carbs, which is not good.

Judgment: The pizza that resulted was not bad. It could've been better, but I admit I may be over-critical, spoiled by fresh pizza. I know that I don't find frozen pizza very appealing anymore. One problem here seems to be that the crust on this pizza is very thick and it went down fine as long as I didn't try to eat the whole thing at one sitting.

On the other hand, you absolutely can not fault it for convenience since you can store it on a shelf, throw on whatever ingredients you may have in your fridge...although making sure you have appropriate cheese seems a given...it's very easy to prepare and quick to heat.