Anyone on the keto diet knows that the lifestyle doesn’t necessarily lend itself to pizza – it’s hard to fit a large hunk of dough into your diet when your goal is to limit your daily carb intake.
While on the keto diet, the objective is to keep the body in a ketogenic state so that you burn energy from your body’s fat source rather than carbs. This helps to aid weight loss and comes with other benefits like improved heart health and brain function. To achieve and maintain this state, you follow a diet that’s low in carbs and sugar, high in fat, and moderate in protein.
So if you follow a ketogenic diet, a pizza chain like Pizza Hut probably isn’t on your go-to list of places to eat out or order in. With no low-carb or cauliflower pizza crust on the menu, and not a very large offering of salads or sides, the keto options at Pizza Hut are definitely slim pickings.
But it is possible to order a few keto-friendly bites if you know what menu items to look for and how to modify them. We’ve gathered the complete list from Pizza Hut’s current menu.
Keto-friendly food and drink items available on the Pizza Hut menu
Like most pizza chains, Pizza Hut doesn’t offer any low-carb pizza crust options on their menu, so unfortunately any kind of pizza order is a no-go if you’re eating keto – unless you skip the pizza crust entirely…which, in that case, why order pizza? Pizza Hut’s pasta dishes are also out, as well as other obvious carb-filled items like breadsticks, fries, and desserts.
Unfortunately, since Pizza Hut has narrowed down its menu offerings over the years, that doesn’t leave very much to choose from. If you want a keto-friendly meal, your best bet is to stick to the wings – but make sure to go for the bone-in traditional wings, rather than the boneless wings (which are breaded). There are a few low-carb styles that keep the wings keto-safe: you can order them naked (without any sauce or seasoning), or with your choice of garlic parmesan seasoning, cajun style rub, or lemon pepper rub. Just be sure to stay away from sauces like buffalo, honey BBQ, and sweet chili to avoid unwanted carbs and sugars.
If your Pizza Hut location happens to be one of the few franchises that offer salads on the menu, you may have some more luck if you modify those to remove any high-carb ingredients like croutons. Otherwise, you have plenty of keto-friendly toppings to choose from, if you want to attempt to make your own “keto bowl” creation of ingredients! (But no promises your local Pizza Hut will let you do that).
Below you’ll find everything on the Pizza Hut menu that’s keto-friendly.
| Keto Menu Items | Required Modifications |
| BLT Salad* | No croutons No dressing |
| Caesar Salad* | No croutons No dressing |
| Chicken Caesar Salad* | No croutons No dressing |
| Garden Salad* | No croutons No dressing |
| Chicken Garden Salad* | No croutons No dressing |
| Zesty Italian Salad* | No croutons No dressing |
| Traditional Wings | Naked Garlic Parmesan Cajun Style Dry Rub Lemon Pepper Dry Rub |
| Keto Toppings | |
| Banana Peppers | |
| Beef | |
| Cheese | |
| Grilled Chicken | |
| Green Bell Peppers | |
| Ham | |
| Italian Sausage | |
| Jalapeno Peppers | |
| Meatball | |
| Mediterranean Black Olives | |
| Mushrooms | |
| Onions | |
| Pepperoni | |
| Pineapple | |
| Pork | |
| Roma Tomatoes | |
| Keto Dipping Sauces + Dressings | |
| Garlic Butter Dipping Sauce | |
| Ranch Dressing | |
| Blue Cheese Dressing | |
| Keto Drinks | |
| Diet Pepsi |
While it was once a menu option in the past, Pizza Hut does not currently offer a cauliflower crust pizza option. The chain does not have any low-carb pizza crust options on their current menu.
It depends which type of wings you order at Pizza Hut – if you order the Traditional Wings, which are bone-in, they are keto-friendly when ordered in certain sauce and seasoning variations. This includes naked, garlic parmesan, lemon pepper, and cajun style. Pizza Hut’s Breaded Boneless Wings are not keto-friendly, since they contain breading.
Pizza Hut does offer salads, but their availability is very limited throughout the country based on the location and franchise.
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