Pasta usually considered as a fattening food and not to have enough nutritional value.But now experts realise the value of pasta in our diet.Grain based foods like pasta are an important source of carbonhydrates.The carbonhydrates provide us with energy.
• Cooked ,unsauced pasta comprises little fat and low calories.
• To maintain the low fat and low calorie of pasta ,the sauce used for pasta must be low-fat also.
• Pasta contains very little or no sodium and cholesterol.
• The protein contained inpasta varies according to the type of semolina used.