"Competitors"
Nothing out there comes close to FiberGourmet Light Pasta in terms of fiber, calories, or taste, but we thought we'd go through the numbers to clear up any confusion.
Notes
All values are for 2 oz (56g) of dry pasta. Standard and Whole Wheat pasta numbers are from USDA Nutrient Database.
Dreamfields has a lot of hand-waving
about "net carbs" on their packaging and website, but when
you get down to their
Nutrition Facts panel (the only FDA-scrutinized section, and the source for our numbers in the chart above)
they look about the same as standard pasta.
Carba Nada's numbers just don't add up. They say they're selling you 56 grams of dry pasta, but when you add up all the components
(1g fat, 24g carbs, and 12g protein), you only get 37 grams. Even assuming 10% moisture,
where are the other 14 grams? 14 grams is about 50 calories, which is quite a difference. If you put them back in (as we did in the chart above),
they also look about the same as standard pasta.
We've asked them for clarification repeatedly, but they've never gotten back to us.
What About Shirataki Noodles?
We didn't include shirataki noodles in the chart since they're not even in the same product category.
While everything else in the chart is a form dry pasta, shirataki noodles seem to be a form of water.
Seriously. With
only 3.5 grams of actual food in a 113-gram serving, shirataki noodles are 97% water.
This makes comparisons to dry pasta impossible on many levels: the texture is totally
different, the nutritional values are all skewed, and
water just doesn't fill you up the same way actual food does.
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