We love frozen pizza here at Freezer Meal Frenzy, and we’re always on the hunt for our next favorite pie. So we thought we’d start looking into the Bellatoria line of frozen pizzas, which we’ve actually not tried at all before today.
So we picked up the Bellatoria Ultimate Supreme Ultra Thin Crust Pizza, and that’s what’s on today’s menu. We should point out that Bellatoria is owned by Bernatello’s, which also owns the Lotzza Motzza brand. There’s a world of difference between Bellatoria and Lotzza Motzza, so we were surprised to learn they were both Bernatello’s brands.
Now, we’ve been so used to cooking Lotzza Motzza pizzas, which contain a half pound of cheese per pizza and require a longer cook time, that we were surprised to see 13 to 17 minutes for a cook time here. That just means we won’t have to wait 20 minutes or more to cook this, and we’re grateful for that, as we’re pretty hungry! (If you want to read the full cooking instructions, check out our package scans at the bottom of this review.)
Let’s talk about this crust. This is advertised as having an “Ultra Thin Crust,” though we don’t think it’s any thinner than your average thin-crust pizza. The crust is crispy around the edges, but the middle section reminds us of a Totino’s pizza — it’s sort of crispy, but also wafery and almost spongey.
On top of the crust you’ve got a tomato paste that’s rich and sweet, though it lacks the spiciness that we’ve grown accustomed to after eating so many Lotzza Motzza pizzas. It’s actually sweet in a way that, again, reminds us of Totino’s — we’d say that sugary is maybe a better term than sweet. And that gives the pizza an overall weirdness that’s hard to describe. It’s not bad; it’s just a little bit odd.
This is an “Ultimate Supreme” pizza, which in Bellatoria terms means it includes sausage, pepperoni, bell peppers, black olives, and onions. There are no mushrooms here, unfortunately, though what’s here is pretty decent. Our only complaint is that the onion portion is maybe a bit too much (we would have gladly traded some of those onions for mushrooms).
We do have to say that we’re satisfied by the amount of cheese here. While this is definitely not a Lotzza Motzza pizza, it also doesn’t skimp on cheese like so many of the other frozen pizzas we’ve tried.
And this next point doesn’t matter at all, but we’ll mention it anyway: Because this is a thin-crust pizza, we thought we’d cut this into squares instead of triangles. Fun, right?
A serving size is a quarter of a pizza, and that contains 360 calories (200 from fat) and 910 mg of sodium. While that’s not as bad as some of the pizzas we’ve tasted, it’s not super diet-friendly.
The Bellatoria Ultimate Supreme Ultra Thin Crust Pizza is a decent pizza, albeit a cheap-tasting one. Considering these pizzas are priced similarly to DiGiorno’s, we’d say that DiGiorno is going to be a better option. If you can save a buck or two by picking Bellatoria over DiGiorno (perhaps one is on sale while the other is not), then Bellatoria becomes a much more attractive offer, but it’s hard to recommend them over DiGiorno when they’re priced the same.
To learn more about the nutrition content, ingredients, or cooking instructions for this frozen pizza, check out our package scans below.
This the very best frozen pizza that I have ever eaten. Generally I despise frozen pizzas as they taste like cardboard. I just ate the small pepperoni pizza. I have never heard of your brand Bellatoria until today. I have eaten all the popular n store brand pizza at one time or another just to end up trashing them. I hope my grocer continues to carry Bellatoria pizzas. Thank you for a very delicious dinner.
If you enjoy the Bellatoria pizzas, you should definitely try the Lotzza Motzza pizzas. Lotzza Motzza and Bellatoria are both sub-brands of Bernatello’s Foods. Bellatoria is the budget side of the brand, while Lotzza Motzza (or Brew Pub) is the premium side of their line. We highly, HIGHLY recommend them!
Belatoria is the best brand pizza on the market it has been years as a matter fact I don’t think I could ever say I actually like a frozen pizza until now everything about it is perfect there may be a little too much tomato sauce from my taste particularly but everything else is great you can taste all of the ingredients you can taste all the vegetables you can taste the meat the meat is actually seasoned it was great I just can’t believe that someone has finally put out a pizza that I can eat and recommend
I’m surprised you still like Bellatoria pizza since your comment is from 5 days ago.
I was a long-time user until a 3 or 4 weeks ago, when I bought 4. The crust recipe has changed–so it no longer is tender, but is now hard, like cardboard. I’ve contacted them and hope they change the crust recipe back to what it was previously.
ProbablytheworsttastingpizzaIhaveevereaten.Thiswebsiteisscreweduptoo.