Whole-Wheat Pasta Taste Test

Healthy sacrifice or tasty alternative?

I’ve been buying an organic (dried) pasta by Bionaturae quite often lately. It’s really fabulous; perfect texture and flavor and comes in some slightly less common shapes. It’s made from semolina, though, not...

Bionaturae, Safeway/Von’s “O” organic whole wheat pasta, De Cecco and Gia Russa are great. Trader Joes is pretty good too.

I usually use angel hair or linguine, but I made these the other night and used what I had in my pantry - Bionaturae organic whole wheat spaghetti. I liked this best of all and thought I would hate it. The whole wheat added more...

I think the brand you’re thinking of is Bionaturae. I’ve bought these organic, all-fruit spreads at Whole Foods, and they are excellent. Not particularly sugary, and taste of the fruit much more than most brands,...

I’ve tried the Barilla, and it was good, but I don’t like it as much as Bionaturae, which is whole-wheat and organic. I particularly like the fusili and the chiocciole. Might be worth a try if you are on a whole-wheat...

, and they pointed out that Eden Organic (but not Eden Biodynamic) and Bionaturae are good, but not wheaty tasting—they’re semolina and whole wheat blends. I haven’t found the Eden Organic, but the Bionaturae is...

to look in the health/organic food section of your grocery to find it, if it isn’t with the other pastas. I do not care for DeBoles but DeCecco fusilli, spaghetti and linguine are good, though I don’t think they...

, tastless, and/or never ripens. fish. there is no point in buying fish that’s not great. in fact if you don’t have a good source, it’s better to buy frozen. pomi or bionaturae organic strained tomatoes. risotto...

in traditional pasta, is processed. Though texture has improved overall since our previous tastings, several of the pastas were almost as gritty and gluey as we remembered. Our top finishers, Ronzoni Healthy Harvest Whole Wheat...

I use a brand called 'bionaturae' that I buy at Whole Foods. I like both the penne and the fusilli. It doesn’t get as mushy as some of the whole wheat pastas I’ve tried. According to the bag, it’s made in Italy...

I’m not sure how widely available this is outside of Greek-oriented stores/neighborhoods, but there’s an organic Greek olive oil called “Bio-Sita” that is one of the tastiest I’ve found. It’s...

's favorite was the Cherry-Almond-Amaretto Sorbet, and it’s so easy to make! 1 jar of pitted sour cherries in syrup (I used Zergut brand from Bulgaria) 1/4 cup cherry nectar (such as organic Bionatura brand) 1 – 2 tsp...

I am obsessed with bionaturae WW pasta. It was given the top rating by NYTimes a few months ago and I’ve been hooked ever since. In my store – Fairway in NYC – its in the organic section.

Sweet baby ray’s barbeque sauce, Paul Newman’s black bean and corn salsa, Rao’s Vodka Sauce (for pasta), Bionaturae apricot jam (I can only find this at Wholefoods), and Sarabeth’s apricot/pineapple jam.