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Light on your conscience or heavy on cheese

We all feel the pressure to eat more healthily, but we also know how comforting it feels to sit down and tuck into a pizza hot from the oven. I put these new pizzas to the test and to make things fair I tasted them in pairs - each new light pizza went head to head with its classic equivalent. 

Margherita Leggera (£7.95) versus classic Margherita (£5.75). The light pizza looked better, much lighter and fresher - and although the mozzarella was low fat it was still agreeably gooey. When you compare the two pizzas the classic Margherita seems rather unadventurous.

Vitabella (£8.25) versus Giardiniera (£7.95). Both these vegetarian pizzas looked good, the new one benefits from the appetising green salad. In terms of crust they were neck and neck. Gustosa (£8.75) versus La Reine (£7.55). In development the Gustosa has been a firm favourite with blokes and it teams prosciutto cotto ham with Portobello mushrooms. Both eat well, but the cheese on La Reine is slightly more self-indulgent.

The key is that these new pizzas look very good and if your conscience usually prods you into ordering pizza and a side salad the Leggeras will be the perfect choice. But if you like your pizzas heavy, wicked, sticky and cheesy the old style is still the best.   

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