San Remo Pulse Pasta | Chewsday Review
Today’s Chewsday review features Pulse Pasta. Is it just another fad, or is it worth investing in? I’m focussing on Pulse Penne by San Remo…
- Pea flour (25%), chickpea flour (25%), borlotti bean flour (25%, lentil flour (25%).
- Common allergens include: may contain traces of lupin and soy.
- Excellent fibre content. Works out to 9.8g per 125g serving. This is 2.5 times more fibre than in regular San Remo pasta. That is a fairly big serving, so assuming your child ate the equivalent of 1/2 a cup of uncooked penne, this works out to 3.4g of fibre which is 24% of a young child’s fibre recommendation, and 19% of an older child’s daily fibre recommendations.
- Excellent low sodium content at 3mg/100g. As a comparison, wheat pasta has 30mg/100g
- Low sugar content of 1.4g/100g (none added, all naturally occurring).
- High protein content of 21.3g/100g which is double that of regular San Remo Penne. Having said that, most Australian kids get plenty of protein so this isn’t a huge benefit.
- This pasta is pretty expensive, at more than 3 times the price of regular wheat pasta.
- The pulse pasta does have a slightly different texture to wheat pasta, which can take some warming up to.
- “Voted Product of The Year” Yep, I can see why!
- ”Gluten Free” True, but remember this doesn’t always mean healthier. Gluten is only a problem for those with coeliac disease.
- ”Excellent source of fibre” Yes indeed!
- Pulse pasta gets a big Chewsday tick of approval. Serve it to your family! All of the varieties are great.
- But, just to clarify, there’s absolutely nothing “wrong” with regular pasta, this is just another way to add variety.
The composition of food products changes regularly. The nutritional values of the products in this Chewsday Review were correct at the time of publishing.
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