Kashi Five Cheese Tomato Pizza

November 5, 2007 | Reviewer: Abi

Kashi Five Cheese Tomato Pizza SRP: $5.99
Serving: 1/3 pizza, 4.15oz.
Calories: 290
Fat: 14%, 9g
Cholesterol: 7%, 20mg
Sodium: 24%, 570mg
Protein: 14g
Carbohydrates: 12%, 37g
Fiber: 18%, 4g
Weight Watchers Points: 6

Kashi says: Tomatoes & five signature cheeses including asiago and parmesan with tomato basil sauce on stone-fired Kashi 7 whole grains and sesame with flax seed crust

Abi says: If there was a competition for Most Boring Pizza Ever, this one from Kashi would win hands down. I know, I complained about the Kashi Garlic Chicken Pizza having too much garlic, but this one exists at the complete opposite end of the spectrum. Hello, blandosity.

Originally, George and I were excited about sharing this pizza. It appeared to have plenty of cheese and herbs. We like cheeses and herbs on our pizza, which is one reason why the Freschetta brand is such a hit in our household. When I say household, I mean me and George. We don’t have any dependents, though if we did I’m sure that they’d probably like Freschetta pizza too. Who doesn’t enjoy a nice slice of pizza? Uh, probably the people who just heated up the Kashi Five Cheese Tomato Pizza, that’s who.

After pulling this baby from the oven, George and I selected our preferred slices. I am not a tomato fan, so I opted for slices on the right side of the pizza while George went for the more tomato-intensive slices. We sat down to eat our pizza and after a couple of minutes of silent chewing an intense paying attention to Law and Order: SVU, I turned to George and said “This pizza isn’t very good.” His response was in the affirmative and we decided that we’d consumed a couple of slices of the most deceptive pizza ever and then we tossed the rest in the trash.

Have you ever thrown away part of a pizza? A freshly baked frozen pizza? I’ve only done it once, when I had the awful CPK Thai Chicken Pizza. Even when people at last year’s NCAA pizza party said specifically that they did not like the Amy’s Kitchen Mediterranean Pizza with Cornmeal Crust, they still consumed the entire thing.

Because it is pizza and pizza (in general) is terrific.

So why did this pizza from Kashi look so good, but have a flavor less appealing than the pizzas produced by Lean Cuisine and Tombstone? I supposed it will always remain a mystery. If you’re looking for a simple pizza, consider the Amy’s Kitchen Cheese Pizza instead. It isn’t that spicy either, but at least it has some fresh flavor.

On a note unrelated to taste, why does this pizza, with its 4 grams of fiber provide for 18% of your daily fiber needs, while the Kashi Garlic Chicken Pizza, also with 4 grams of fiber provides for only 16% of your daily fiber needs? I don’t get that.

[This pizza was free from Kashi. At the rate these reviews are going, the Kellogg’s company might never send us another frozen meal again.]

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8 Responses to “Kashi Five Cheese Tomato Pizza”

ltree on November 5th, 2007

Weird, I had this pizza for dinner last night, and didn’t like it either. I had the same reaction: it was boring. The crust was kinda thick, and totally flavorless. Mine came with fewer tomatoes than yours, and the ones that were there were certainly not red. I even added fresh basil leaves from my garden before baking the thing, and it was still a boring pizza. I didn’t throw it away, but ate half of it and then had the other half today as a very unremarkable lunch. Disappointing!
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Cyndi on November 11th, 2007

Good to know…. Penzey’s http://penzeys.com/ makes a really great Pizza Seasoning that I looove to toss onto frozen pizza.
Vy on February 1st, 2008

I was disappointed by this too It smelled and looked really good but when I went to take a bite it just seemed boring. The tomatoes were good though.
Gina on February 21st, 2008

Our family just had this pizza and all 3 of us liked it. Take it from a Fat kid who loves cake this was good. It is different but it’s a good different. I’ll be buying it again. I also like the pizza’s made my Amy. A fun trick is to add garlic powder/oregeno/ parmesan on top. However, I didn’t add any of that to the kashi pizza it was good the way it was.
Emily on March 11th, 2008

I liked it too!
Rob on June 23rd, 2008

publix had these on sale at half price so I bit, the crust is not a pizza crust, I don’t know what to call it. it was edible but not something I enjoyed eating. hopefully it is healthy so at least i’ve got that going for me.
Rob on June 23rd, 2008

They are now making thin crust pizzas, picked up a couple of these for around $2.70 each, going to try one tonight.