Pizza Express goes all skinny on us

This isn't the normal type of thing I'd blog about but I was genuinely so excited to see this little announcement I wanted to share: Pizza Express are bring their light range to supermarkets! So if you're feeling like you've been naughty over Xmas but you're not ready to give up the tasty treats then this is for you:

Here's the release from their head office:

Calorie conscious pizza lovers needn’t avoid their favourite foods this January thanks to two new skinny pizzas from PizzaExpress.  The new Light range, inspired by the popular, 500 calorie, Leggera range, which is currently available in PizzaExpress restaurants, is available in supermarkets from 7 January.

Giardiniera Light and Pollo Piccante Light contain fewer than 500 calories each and 40 per cent less fat than other PizzaExpress pizzas*.  Thanks to a thinner, crispier dough, which matches up to the quality of PizzaExpress’ restaurant pizzas, low calorie mozzarella and carefully selected ingredients, waistline watchers can enjoy toppings which might otherwise be off limits, and without compromising on taste. 

Giardiniera Light is packed with typical, flavoursome Italian vegetables and pesto, and topped with cherry tomatoes, garlic mushrooms, red peppers, artichokes, olives and light mozzarella.  The spicy Pollo Piccante Light also contains light mozzarella and is topped with slices of aromatic Cajun chicken and chargrilled yellow and red peppers.

The new line up joins the PizzaExpress’ other retail offerings designed around its best-loved restaurant dishes.  Other products include Garlic Bread starters, Dough Balls, Fresh pastas and a wide range of signature pizzas such as the American Hot and Sloppy Giuseppe.

Both pizzas will be available in Waitrose from 7 January and Tesco from 12 January with RRPs of £4.00 - £4.50.  The Pollo Piccante light will be available in Sainsbury’s also from 21 January with a RRP of £4.00 - £4.50.