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Article: Checkout Line: Barilla Plus multigrain dried pasta
- Article from:
- The Sun - Naperville (IL)
- Article date:
- June 13, 2005
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Barilla has added Barilla Plus, a line of enriched multigrain dried pasta. The new pasta includes ingredients that offer protein, fiber and omega-3 fatty acids. A 1- pound box of Barilla Plus spaghetti sold for $1.99 at an area grocery store.
THE SCORES
Value: 6.7
Convenience: 7.7
Quality: 7.7
TASTES BAD
Sitting in its bright yellow box on the supermarket shelf next to the regular dried pastas, the Barilla Plus rotini that I purchased did a good job of masquerading as the run-of-the-mill, day-to-day pasta that my family normally purchases. If you didn't read the list of ingredients and nutrients on the package, you would simply think, just by appearances, that this ...