This Costco Pedon Organic Brown Rice & Quinoa Spaghetti is gluten-free, allergen-free and vegan! Can this wheat-free spaghetti taste anywhere near as good as regular spaghetti? And what does the hint of turmeric in it do to the flavor profile? As someone who loves pasta, I was skeptical, but intrigued!
Although I’m not entirely gluten-free currently I do follow a gluten-free diet during the week and was gluten-free during my entire pregnancy and grew to love wheat-free pasta! I find it doesn’t taste much different when it’s covered in sauce! I’ve tried a few Pedon products that I’ve enjoyed so when I saw this brown rice and quinoa spaghetti at Costco I wanted to try it.
Some other pasta from Costco I’ve reviewed are the Pedon More than Pasta Four Bean Linguine, Banza Rotini Chickpea Pasta, Duso’s Lemon Ricotta Mezzaluna, Pedon More than Pasta Yellow Lentil Spaghetti, Kirkland Signature Chicken Penne Alfredo, Kirkland Signature Four Cheese and Spinach Manicotti and the Vegan Scoiattolo Grilled Vegetable Organic Ravioli.
Location in Store
This is located in the aisle with the flour, baking supplies and rice. The item number is 1673703.
Taste
I tried the spaghetti both on it’s own without any sauce and with meat sauce. On it’s own you barely can tell the spaghetti doesn’t have wheat and is made of rice and quinoa. What you do notice is the slight hint of tumeric, which I could do without, I just don’t find it necessary and it adds a bit of an odd aftertaste.
With sauce this tastes exactly like any other spaghetti and the flavor of the tumeric is overpowered. The texture and shape and size is similar to spaghetti but one thing both my husband and I notice is that the noodles break apart easily.
Cost
The one kiligram box costs $12.49 Canadian at Costco, which isn’t nearly as cheap as wheat spaghetti, you’re definitely paying a little more for it being gluten-free.
Convenience
This spaghetti is super simple to cook. I think it pairs well with both red sauce as well as cream sauce and could even work in a stir fry!
The best before date listed on the box is about a year and a half from when I purchased the spaghetti.
Nutrition
Calories
1/12th of a package contains 310 calories, two and a half grams of fat, 66 grams of carbohydrates, four grams of fibre, zero grams of sugars, seven grams of protein and zero grams of sodium.
Pasta is obviously high in carbohydrates and I appreciate that there isn’t any sodium or sugar in the pasta.
Ingredients
There are only three ingredients listed! Brown rice flour, quinoa flour and tumeric powder. The pasta is gluten-free, vegan, and organic.
Scoring
Taste: 7.5/10
Cost: 7/10
Convenience: 9/10
Nutrition: 8.5/10
Overall
Give it a try!
I prefer the Pedon Yellow Lentil Spaghetti over this one because it has more protein and I like the taste better but this brown rice & quinoa one isn’t bad!
Have you tried this spaghetti? What did you think of it?
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I love this pasta!! Can’t find it anymore though – too bad!!
Agreed, I’ve been looking for over a year.
I don’t understand why you give it such high nutrition marks if you need to eat gluten-free I can understand wanting to buy this product but only less than 2% of people need to eat gluten free so for the other 98% of us the regular version is much cheaper and more nutritious as the process of removing gluten also removes valuable nutrition from foods so gluten-free is not a good option unless you absolutely need it As per doctor’s orders
Gluten-free isn’t a process of removing gluten from wheat. It’s using ingredients that don’t have gluten in them. No nutrition is lost. Wheat, barley, Rye, spelt etc contain gluten — rice, almond, coconut, buckwheat, millet, corn, lentil and other flours don’t contain gluten. Gluten-free can be more nutritious than wheat depending on the ingredients. People who have wheat allergies, gluten intolerances, or celiac disease would happily use products like these.
Hi Laura–Just wanted to tell you that my husband & I have some Real differences in our food choices –But –For the 1st. time we both really like this spaghetti ! I take Turmeric powder for pain relief (yes it does help) –this spag. was recommended to me & we Like it –Only problem now is couldn’t find it at Costco today—will def. look again —We have members of our family & my daughters boyfriend who are gluten intolerant, so always looking for Good G.F. foods.
The pasta is no longer at Costco, as I am sure you know. I saw it had the * on the price one time, so no joke, I bought about 25 boxes worth so that I could continue to eat it as I LOVE IT….go go quinoa has a similar one but no turmeric and it was what I ate long before I found this one. Also great!
I’m wondering if the turmeric is included for a natural source of colour to make it look more appetizing?
That’s a good point! Now you’ve got me thinking!
All pasta is Vegan. Unless one has a gluten free allergy or other restrictions, it seems absurd to spend this much on pasta. Then again, without the aforementioned issues and if you’re easily influenced by trends, you’ll likely follow a gluten free diet. Even diabetics or those on Keto aren’t going to buy this especially when you can buy wheat pasta on sale for around $1.33 kg. Just limit your portions.
So no, not going to try.
Actually not true. Pasta can include egg in it and may not be vegan (my son is anaphylactic to all forms of egg — so, I’m always checking ingredients). Plus, there’s no such thing as a gluten allergy. There are wheat allergies, gluten intolerances, or celiac disease.