Ronzoni Smart Taste Spaghetti Review

About Ronzoni

RONZONI® SMART TASTE™ is a new member of the New World Pasta family of brands. What’s so special about RONZONI SMART TASTE? It’s the first white pasta to be enriched with Fiber, Calcium and Vitamin D– and lots of it. RONZONI SMART TASTE is an excellent source of Fiber and contains Calcium and Vitamin D equal to an eight-ounce glass of milk. Studies show that many diets are lacking in these three important nutrients. Plus, RONZONI SMART TASTE is lower in calories and fat than traditional pasta. That means RONZONI SMART TASTE is the same great taste — the smart taste –your family loves but with greater nutritional value.

RONZONI® SMART TASTE Taste comes in seven delicious varieties:

• Elbows
• Rotini
• Spaghetti
• Thin Spaghetti
• Penne Rigate
• Angel Hair
• Extra Wide Noodles

RONZONI® SMART TASTE is part of New World Pasta, the leader in healthy pasta. Our family of brands consists of Ronzoni Healthy Harvest® and the New World Pasta classic white pasta brands of Ronzoni®, Creamette®, Prince®, American Beauty®, Skinner® and San Giorgio®. New World Pasta is also home to Light ’n Fluffy® egg noodles. Learn more about New World Pasta.

I love pasta, it’s one of those foods that contributed to me being “twice” the man that I am. Even though we have changed to eating better here at home I still treat us to an indulgence every once in a while. I’ve been using whole wheat pasta for a while, and to be quite honest, the taste of whole wheat spaghetti doesn’t make for a “great” meal. So when we were asked to review the spaghetti style noodles from Ronzoni Smart Taste, I figured what do we have to lose!

It has the smooth texture you’d expect from your basic pasta and not the grainy feel from whole wheat style. And once again, it has a color to it that my little one won’t push away calling it “dirty”. I decided to make a basic spaghetti using my home made sauce and meatballs for dinner to test out these new noodles. While it has been said that my sauce can make anything taste good (well, it should be said), it wasn’t even necessary. The noodles were great “al dente” on their own (yes, I taste everything as I cook it).

Needless to say, with sauce and meatballs the Ronzoni Smart Taste noodles made for a great meal. My son gobbled his up, I had to fight off the urge for a second helping, and Shawn Ann was happy to take whatever was left with her to work for lunch the next day. And even though it was nice to have a great tasting pasta for my sauce again, the nutritional profile is impressive. With 6 grams of protein and 7 grams of fiber per a 180 calorie serving, you get more of the good stuff from this pasta than your plain Jane bleached stuff, and a much better taste than whole grain style. I’d give it two thumbs up, but I’m too busy digging into a plate of leftovers.

Disclosure: I wrote  this review while participating in a blog campaign by Mom Central on behalf of Ronzoni and received products necessary to facilitate my candid review. In addition, I received a gift card to thank me for taking the time to participate. All opinions are that of my own.