Calories in 16″ Costco Pizzas

June 3rd, 2008 · 27 Comments

A couple of months ago, Dave did his own research to figure out the calorie information for a 16″ Pepperoni pizza from Costco (you can read about his findings in this post). However, so many people keep searching for the information and wanting it for all of the other pizzas too, I finally contacted Costco in an effort to get the definitive answer on calorie and nutritional information for their pizzas. They were kind enough to provide it to me and I’ve put it all into a handy Google spreadsheet to allow everyone to see it. So, no more wondering about the number of calories, how many pieces you can eat, or just how much sodium is in a serving; it’s all in the spreadsheet. I think I’ve got all of the pizza varieties that I’ve seen at our Costco, and there are even one or two I’ve never seen, like the Ranch Chicken Pizza.

Were there any surprises? No, not really. All of the pizzas have less than 400 calories per slice, with the Cheese pizza the highest in calories (360 calories) and the Combo (270 calories) and Hawaiian (300 calories) having the least. Since the serving sizes weren’t the same for all of the pizzas, I figured out the calories per gram or ounce for each pizza variety so it is much easier to see which one really has the fewest calories, regardless of the serving size.

Here’s the URL for the spreadsheet (you should be able to view it whether you have a Google account or not): http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=py1XOAFfFke8EOHd46NqCBA

I do want to point out that these are the 16″ pizzas that you buy back in the Costco Deli area, and are not the 18″ pizzas that they sell in the Costco food court (at least they are still serving the bigger sized pizzas at our food court).

I’m hoping to add calorie information for bagels and the Costco Bakery cakes, as well, in the next few weeks. If you have something from the Costco Deli or Bakery that you’d like nutrition and calorie information for, just let me know and I can try to find out and add it too.

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27 Responses so far ↓

1 umbriago // 2008.06.03 at 9:24 pm

Thanks for this! I’d love to know what the muffins run, calorie-wise, but on the other hand, considering the number of muffins I’ve eaten, I might NOT want to know.

One of the big surprises, calorie-wise, is in the food court (google it): eight ounces of frozen yogurt is only 100 calories?
2 Kimberly // 2008.06.06 at 11:57 am

I’ll see what I can find out on the muffins….but just from looking at them, I’ve got to say, it’s not going to be a good thing. They’re too big & delicious to not be loaded w/ lots of bad for you calories.
3 How Many Calories In A Slice of Costco Pizza? // 2008.06.06 at 12:05 pm

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4 Clue // 2008.06.07 at 2:41 pm

Warning! Brace Yourself!

You can see the calories and nutrition facts for Kirkland Poppyseed Muffins at: http://tinyurl.com/6ccdpx

The same info for Kirkland Blueberry Muffins can be seen at: http://tinyurl.com/64bwlq

And the Kirkland Double Chocolate Muffins info is at: http://tinyurl.com/59d7jf

In other words, you can burn off one muffin if you walk at a 3 mph pace for about 2-1/2 hours, or bicycle for about an hour at a moderate 13 mph pace.
5 Kimberly // 2008.06.11 at 2:17 pm

OMG! Now I’m definitely going to have to get that info directly from Costco because I’m totally shocked that their innocent looking muffins are hiding a 600+ calorie secret! Note to self: don’t even look at the muffins.
6 kim // 2009.04.21 at 6:00 pm

I have a list of Costco items, including food court and bakery listing all of the nutritional info if anyone wants it.
It also available by calling the Costco call center at 800-774-2678
7 Kimberly // 2009.04.21 at 6:04 pm

I wish they would have told me that when I kept asking the Customer Support people for nutrition and calorie information. I’ll have to get a copy and post it here.

Thanks for the tip, Kim!
8 Daiquiri // 2009.05.01 at 7:02 pm

Thanks for this! I’ve been trying to keep track of calories lately, and was dismayed to find that there was no nutritional info on our Costco take and bake that we’re having for dinner tonight. Great info!
9 jake // 2009.05.05 at 3:21 am

hi, thanks for all the info, does anyone know how many calories in the chicken salad roller made with rottessire chicken that they sell. Also the cheese and the veggie pizza (not with any sausage) just plain veggie pizza that they sell at the food court. I like costco but I like to watch how many calories i consume a day by weighing my food . thankyou !!!
10 Kimberly // 2009.05.06 at 9:36 am

I can certainly try to get the nutritional information for the veggie pizza and the chicken salad wrap. I’ll see what I can find out and post any information I get.
11 Rachael // 2009.06.08 at 9:08 pm

Thanks so much for posting this information. My 5 year old is a type 1 diabetic and it’s very helpful to know how many carbs are in a slice of pizza so that I can correctly dose her with her insulin.
12 Mike // 2009.08.15 at 3:55 pm

I just e-mailed them asking for nutritional information since I’d seen so many conflicting reports and I got this response:

Dear Mike,

Thank you for your email to Costco Wholesale.

Calories for the cheese pizza found in the food court is 720 cal perserving while the pepperoni pizza has 620 cal per serving.

Thank you,

Melisa
Costco Wholesale Corporation
13 Kimberly // 2009.08.15 at 5:04 pm

The information that I supplied in the spreadsheet (http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=py1XOAFfFke8EOHd46NqCBA) came from Costco and pertains to their 16″ pizzas. These are not the same pizzas that you would get a slice of in the Food Court though. Aside from that, I can’t imagine what would account for the large difference between what they told you and what they told me a year ago. Of course, since they didn’t give you serving size information, that could also be a factor.

Oh, I just re-read your comment, Mike, and realized that we aren’t comparing the same pizzas at all. You *are* talking about the pizzas in the Food Court, which are not at all the same as the take and bake 16″ pizzas you can pick up in the deli section of the warehouse. My numbers that are in the spreadsheet are for the 16″ take and bakes, and yours are for the larger (18″ I think) and different, food court pizzas.
14 Mary Lind // 2009.08.15 at 7:17 pm

Do you know how many calories are in the frozen yogurt cup? If not, who did you contact at Costco?

Thanks for your research.
15 Mary Lind // 2009.08.15 at 7:23 pm

I just found out the answer to my question about the calories in Costco yogurt. This website, http://www.calorielab.com, will give you the nutritional value of several items in Costcos deli.
16 Rin // 2009.08.29 at 1:04 am

Thank you so much for doing this!!!! I’ve been wondering what the calorie count was!
17 chicken // 2009.09.09 at 7:22 am

Roosters Piri Piri is the best chicken stop in London
18 Smee // 2009.10.16 at 6:24 pm

Kimberly, thanks so much for taking the time.
19 Robin // 2009.10.16 at 11:51 pm

I wish they could make more of an effort to have healthier options.

Cut a muffin in half and you feel like you’ve missing out. Make a smaller muffin and you feel like you’ve had your full portion.

There is no reason they can’t make a healthier pizza. I don’t think I’ve ever noticed the different between regular and part skim mozzarella, cut back a little on the olive oil (I blot my pizza.)

Bagels could be a bit thinner, the Alternate Bagel.

I saw the 1/4 pound Kirkman franks they now sell in the food court in the refrigeration section. I think they were around 370 calories each. At least one frank with bun is big enough to be a meal.
20 Chelsea // 2010.01.08 at 5:02 pm

Thanks so much for this!

I agree that they should try making a healthier pizza. Nothing wrong with a thin whole grain crust and reduced-fat mozzarella.
21 Donnette Panama // 2010.02.02 at 7:17 pm

I trust you would not mind if I placed a part of this on my univeristy blog?
22 Kimberly // 2010.02.03 at 11:45 am

Sure, feel free to quote it on your blog.
23 Rachael // 2010.03.03 at 10:52 pm

Please note that the serving size for most of the varieties listed is 12 servings per 16″ pizza (this is quite a small slice by most of our standards), and for the Combination pizza, they have it listed at 16 servings per pizza (hence the “lower” calories versus the other varieties).
24 Nikki // 2010.12.06 at 8:44 pm

This doesnt make sense. The pizza on the box says its 785 grams. But once slice of 12 is listed as 154 grams…..
Last I checked…154 x 12 did NOT equal 785.
I did the Math, and if the info is correct for 154 grams, and you divide the pizza into 6 slices (a reasonable serving, 12ths, no way!) its only about 330 a slice. Which seems much more reasonable than 220 for a 12th.
SO again, tahts 330 for a 6th…not 220 for a 12th…Which really…HAS to be correct there is NO way the small sliver that is one 12th of the pizza is 220 calories….
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26 Ben // 2012.04.19 at 2:19 pm

Ok, my Take & Bake 5 meat combo (in Kona Hawaii, & not from the deli) on 4/17/2012 says 53oz. If 4.5 oz is correct then there are 11.777 slices per container.. So I just measured the remaining 1/2 pizza as 2# 1.5 oz. (67 oz for a whole one, vice 53 on the label). Unfortunately the refrigerated 1/2 has an additional 8 sliced black olives and about xx of canned artichoke hearts. According to the can the olives weigh 37.3 g (1.3 oz, total is now 64 oz) and the artichoke hearts are about 100 g ( 3.5 oz bringing the total down to 53.4 oz; Q.E.D.) SLICES ARE 1/12 OF A PIZZA…. Sorry about the running commentary, kept going back to the refrig and the pantry. NUFF Said. Ben in Kona
27 Ben // 2012.04.19 at 3:35 pm

Ok on second thought (maybe more), If Costco calculated their data on 1/16 of the ingredients in the whole thing,which they probably did to get the calories per serving down, then their data (in the spreadsheet) needs to be multiplied by 1 and 1/3.. Calories are now 360, etc. Their only piece of “accurate” data would still be 4.5 oz per serving.. Guess it wasn’t enuff said after all, probably never will be .. Ben in Kona