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The Healthiest Frozen Pizza, Graded A to F. It’s a Sodium Delivery Vehicle.

The healthiest frozen pizzas are the lighter cheese and margherita pies, and even the winner only reaches the bottom of the B range. Strip away the toppings and a frozen pizza is a sodium-and-saturated-fat delivery vehicle on a refined-flour crust, and that, not flavor, is what caps the grade. We ran the freezer case through the same 6-dimension Labelgrade and the lighter pies edged ahead, while the pepperoni rising-crust pies and Totino’s anchored the bottom on exactly the two dimensions you’d guess. Worse, the “serving” on the box is a fraction of the pie that almost nobody actually respects, so the numbers you’re grading are kinder than the slice you’ll eat.

The verdict

We graded 6 frozen pizzas A–F: the category averages 67/100 (C+), from 72 (B-) at the top down to 60 (C) at the bottom.

Amy’s Cheese Pizza Bites, the lightest option in the case, took the top at B- (72); Totino’s Pepperoni Party Pizza anchored the bottom at C (60), sunk by sodium and saturated fat rather than the crust.

Top of the class B- Amy's Cheese Pizza Bites 72/100
Bottom of the class C Totino's Pepperoni Party Pizza 60/100

The top picks, with the receipts

#1 Amy's Cheese Pizza Bites B- 72/100

Pros

  • Clean, short ingredient list
  • Low saturated fat at 2.5 g

Cons

  • Only 1 g fiber
  • 380 mg sodium per serving

#2 Newman's Own Thin & Crispy Margherita Pizza B- 70/100

Pros

  • Low saturated fat at 4.5 g

Cons

  • 650 mg sodium per serving

#3 California Pizza Kitchen Margherita Crispy Thin Crust Pizza C+ 69/100

Pros

  • Just 1 g added sugar

Cons

  • Only 2 g fiber

#4 DiGiorno Pepperoni Rising Crust Pizza C+ 65/100

Pros

No dimension scored high enough to call out.

Cons

  • 951 mg sodium per serving
  • Only 2 g fiber

#5 Red Baron Rising Crust Pepperoni Pizza C+ 65/100

Pros

No dimension scored high enough to call out.

Cons

  • 890 mg sodium per serving
  • Only 2.1 g fiber

Pros and cons come straight from each product’s own label. A dimension is listed only when its sub-score is decisive (78 or above for a pro, 62 or below for a con), so a merely-average number never gets sold as a strength. Every figure is per labeled serving — full panels on each product page.

The full report card — all 6 frozen pizzas, ranked

#Frozen pizzaGradeScoreWeakest link
1 Amy's — Cheese Pizza Bites B- 72 fiber (39/100)
2 Newman's Own — Thin & Crispy Margherita Pizza B- 70 fiber (46/100)
3 California Pizza Kitchen — Margherita Crispy Thin Crust Pizza C+ 69 fiber (40/100)
4 DiGiorno — Pepperoni Rising Crust Pizza C+ 65 sodium (31/100)
5 Red Baron — Rising Crust Pepperoni Pizza C+ 65 sodium (33/100)
6 Totino's — Pepperoni Party Pizza C 60 fiber (40/100)

Worth a closer look

The two ends of the list tell the story. Amy's Cheese Pizza Bites tops the class at 72/100 (B-); Totino's Pepperoni Party Pizza anchors the bottom at 60/100 (C). Click any product for its full fact sheet — the six dimension sub-scores, the per-serving label, and what would move its grade. Prefer to slice it yourself? Filter every graded product by the dimension you care about.

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How we graded these

Each product is scored on six dimensions — protein density, ingredient quality, added sugar, sodium, fiber, and saturated fat — combined into a 0–100 score and a letter grade. Every number comes from the product’s own label, verified against USDA FoodData Central. The grade is absolute (relative to all packaged foods), which is why a whole category can land in the same band. See the full methodology. Last graded 2026-06-04.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which frozen pizza scored highest?

Amy’s Cheese Pizza Bites, a lighter cheese option with a cleaner ingredient list, led at B- (72), with the Newman’s Own Thin & Crispy Margherita at B- (70) and the California Pizza Kitchen Margherita at C+ (69) just behind. See the ranked table above for the full order and each pie’s weakest dimension.

Why did Totino’s Party Pizza score lowest?

Pepperoni piles on sodium and saturated fat, and those are two of our six dimensions. On a refined-flour crust with no fiber to offset them, the composite settled at the bottom on C (60), below even the DiGiorno and Red Baron pepperoni pies, which both landed at C+ (65).

Is frozen pizza actually unhealthy?

As an occasional meal it’s fine; as a staple it’s a lot of sodium and saturated fat for the protein you get, which is why the whole category caps in the C-to-B- range. Watch the real serving size — a labeled portion is usually a fraction of the pie most people eat in one sitting.

How is the grade calculated?

Six dimensions — protein density, ingredient quality, added sugar, sodium, fiber, and saturated fat — combine into a 0–100 score and a letter grade. Every number is from the product’s own label, verified against USDA data. Full method on our methodology page.

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