10 Pasta Brands Compared

Watch me review and compare 10 different pasta brands. Most of these brands you can buy in regular grocery stores. Which pasta brand is best? I will give a brief review of each one. @italianfoodrecipe
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[@senior_ranger]

I tried the red Barilla, and it was so noticeably better, I switched --- even though it's a 50% price premium.

[@lasalleman6792]

I use De Cecco. Tastes pretty good. Haven't seen any bronze extrusion stuff at Albertson's. Yet.

[@scottrhodes8160]

This was interesting and good to know. Like most cooks I focus on the sauce but the pasta really is the star of any pasta dish.

[@carldangren3062]

You didn't comment on ingredients. The reason I buy Barilla al bronzo is the ingredients listed on the box, "semolina (wheat)". That's it, nothing else. There is no niacin, no riboflavin, no folic acid, etc.

[@MartyThePastaGuy]

That's interesting. I looked up what those additives do to pasta. They're mostly B vitamins and they restore bleached wheat to the nutritional level of whole wheat, but I couldn't find any info on if they actually affect the flavor.

[@Kinslowbfe]

Love the videos!❤

[@gljm]

Just a small point as a New Yorker, Rao's is pronounced Ray- os, like the East Harlem restaurant pictured on the wrapper. .

[@MartyThePastaGuy]

Good to know, thanks.

[@goddess131]

have you ever tried any of the gluten free pastas? If you have, could you please do a review of them? thanks.

[@MartyThePastaGuy]

I have tried some of them, but I felt like I was wasting my sauce on them. I started making a sauce that seemed more appropriate for the flavor of those pastas - it was sort of a lentil ragu that was thick. It was decent, but I got tired of it after a short while. I liked the Trader Joe's brand the best out of the ones I tried (I think it was made from red lentils and quinoa).

[@goddess131]

@@MartyThePastaGuy thanks, the best gluten free pasta I have had so far is Andean Dream, they are made out of rice flour and quinoa flour. I hadn't tried the Trader Joe's one, I will look for it thx.

[@MartyThePastaGuy]

@@goddess131 Okay, I'll include that brand if I make the video.

[@pdubb9754]

Oh dear, the only ones that are available to me are the 4 lowest rated. And that is only if I drive the extra 40 minutes to get to a Kroger. Oh, my water is boiling. Time to add the Creamette. Sad but true. Although I live in a pasta desert, you have earned my subscription.

[@MartyThePastaGuy]

Next time you're going the way of Kroger, I'd suggest stocking up with some DeCecco. Creamette is made from low grade wheat and it's very starchy, and DeCecco isn't much more expensive (if any). Thanks for subscribing.

[@pdubb9754]

@@MartyThePastaGuy Yep. The DeCecco is better, and usually only about $1 more. It is the brand I get when I am at the Kroger. Maybe I'll ask the small local grocer if they would consider stocking it as an alternative to the Creamette.

[@Woodlawn22]

Do any of these contain eggs or do you know of any that do? Thanks for the video!

[@MartyThePastaGuy]

Pappardelle is the only dried pasta I know of that has egg in it, but I'm sure there are others. Fresh pasta always has egg in it.

[@Woodlawn22]

Thank you! It seems like the best reason to just make my own at home!@@MartyThePastaGuy

[@TheChemisch]

Yeah, I didn't even notice Dececco isn't all bronze cut. The standard spaghetti is.

[@MartyThePastaGuy]

DeCecco recently came out with a line of bronze cut pastas, but they still aren't in many of the mainstream stores.

[@JohnMoog-ug6bk]

It’s RAY-ohs

[@paklee630]

If we compare with the price, di martino would be the best. In germany, it’s even cheaper than barllia and de cecco.

[@williamtanguay2781]

Barilla, Rienzi.

[@chinmayhota8983]

PLEASE Do pasta sauces next, Sir.

[@MartyThePastaGuy]

Posting it tomorrow. Thanks

[@MarcoBirds]

As italian i would Say barilla's bronze is rated too high, 2.5/5 imho

[@MartyThePastaGuy]

I was so surprised that it tasted better than their regular pasta that I may have gotten carried away, lol.

[@shawnoates2181]

Rummo is my go to. Another fantastic brand.

[@MartyThePastaGuy]

Agree, Rummo is really good. I only see it in specialty stores in my area.

[@user-uj3wk8gb8h]

When he said "Yuck" I started laughing. Get the pun?

[@tonitrus553]

I missed the pun, what is it?

[@user-uj3wk8gb8h]

Yuck yuck yuck is a series of words that means laughter. For example, "Yucking it up" means laughing with your friends. @@tonitrus553

[@petercoates2056]

I thought de cecco was bronze extruded

[@denniswebb7473]

I believe it is, and it says so right on the box.

[@MartyThePastaGuy]

They just started a line of pastas that are bronze extruded. That's a pretty new thing with them though and it's not all of their pastas, just the ones that say it on the box.

[@petezereeeah]

Barilla isn't all that bad, but not being of Italian decent, the status of fuqing spaghetti isn't on my list of interests.

[@davidzdziarek-zl8cu]

Be "Creamerte-ative" With Creamertes. The average chef who knows CREATES with Creamettes!! He never over cooks the Creamettes, because the average chef KNOWS lest he's careful NOT to, he'll end up instead with Cremates!! All Creamettiatively said.