Sainsbury's Wholewheat Fusilli

Wholewheat Pasta should be in every house holds cupboards, even more so now given the current economic climate! Its high in fibre and full of complex carbohydrate which gives it a low rating on the GI(glyycaemic index) essentially meaning it keeps you fuller for longer. Not only is it nutritionally sound it is also very affordable. You can pick up a 500g bag from sainsburys.com for 70p which at 125g per serving works out at 17.5p per portion. I am aware that you can buy the sainsbury's basics for 43p per 500g but the wholewheat version packs over 2.5 times the amount of fibre, less calories and carbs per serving. Making it the far more nutritious alternative. ...  Read the complete review

On a recent trip to the supermarket, we picked this up instead of the usual white pasta. I was a bit sceptical at first as I'd never tasted wholewheat pasta before and wasn't sure if I'd like it but I was pleasantly surprised. ***What it looks like*** I won't go into much detail as you can get a good idea from the above product image. In short, it's quite a bit darker in colour than your typical white pasta and is the swirly/spiral kind. Once it's cooked, it seems to go slightly lighter but it's still darker than the white pasta that I'm more used to it. ***Cooking it*** The instructions suggest cooking it for 11-13 minutes and I usually ...  Read the complete review

I absolutely adore pasta and at the moment I'm on a health kick so I decided to try wholewheat pasta for a change! Being such a white pasta fan I wasn't looking forward to this but at 74p a bag I thought it would be worth a go! The Packaging.... Brown and white sections of colour are the otherwise clear plastic bag and on that there is a drawing on the pasta and then I'm told it is Sainsbury's wholewheat fusilli 'made from 100% durum wheat perfect with broccoli sauce' and the size is stated (500g in this case), I'm told it is Vegetarian & Vegan, is made in Italy, takes 13 minutes to cook and the best before date is clearly stamped on too. Other ...  Read the complete review