Facts about Calories in Pizza Hut Breadsticks

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Breadsticks are a common food item in many different types of restaurants, including pizza places like Pizza Hut. The original-style breadstick is usually long and thin like a pencil. They are baked to a consistency similar to that of a cracker and seasoned lightly. Pizza Hut, however, serves a soft, thicker type of breadstick accompanied by dipping sauce. Before you add a batch to your next order, you should take a look at the number of calories in Pizza Hut breadsticks and decide if they are really worth the indulgence.

1.   How Many Calories are in a Serving of Pizza Hut Breadsticks?

An order of breadsticks from Pizza Hut contains five breadsticks. One serving (a single breadstick) has 140 calories, 45 of which come from fat. If you use all 85 grams of the marinara dipping sauce included in the box, you will be adding approximately 60 calories. Breadsticks with cheese have 170 calories (60 from fat).

2.      Are the Breadsticks Worth the Indulgence?

Calorie-wise, Pizza Hut breadsticks by themselves are not that bad, as long as you stick to eating one serving. You need to pay attention to the calorie count of your entire order before you decide to indulge. For example, if you decide to have pasta as your main dish, you should probably skip the breadsticks. A serving of the Meaty Marinara pasta has 450 calories and a serving of the Chicken Alfredo has 520 calories. Both have a high fat and cholesterol count as well. A better side dish for pasta would be a salad with low-fat dressing on the side. A slice of pizza and a breadstick, however, are not that bad of a combination. One serving of a medium hand-tossed style Veggie Lover's pizza has 180 calories. You can further reduce the number of calories by asking for either less or no cheese and/or sauce.

3.      What Ingredients are in Pizza Hut's Breadsticks and how do They Affect the Calorie Count?

If you are concerned about weight loss or you are on a restrictive diet, you should know what you are putting into your body when you eat different foods. Pizza Hut keeps its exact recipe a secret, but there are many recipes on the Internet that do a good job of recreating Pizza Hut-style breadsticks. In the recreations, the dough contains non-fat dry milk, salt, white flour, sugar, instant dry yeast, and butter flavored vegetable oil. Most of the calories come from the flour, which has 455 calories per cup. The non-fat dry milk and vegetable oil have a high number of calories as well. As for the breadstick seasoning, most of the recipes use a combination of dry parmesan cheese, garlic powder, garlic salt, onion powder, oregano, and basil. Depending on the amounts of each ingredient you use, the seasoning adds a surprisingly low number of calories to each breadstick at approximately 8.75 calories a serving.