Barilla Spaghetti — MUNCH

Munch or Dump rates Barilla Spaghetti by Barilla MUNCH — score 90/90.

Durum semolina, durum flour, and the standard B-vitamin and iron enrichment — that's the entire box. No oils, gums, preservatives, or flavorings anywhere. It's refined grain, so don't mistake it for a whole grain, but as packaged food goes this is about as honest as it gets.

Why this verdict

• Two real ingredients — durum wheat semolina and durum wheat flour — plus standard enrichment vitamins. Nothing else.
• Zero additives: no refined oils, no emulsifiers, no preservatives, no flavor systems.
• It is still refined grain — the bran and most of the fiber are milled out, so the fiber comes from whatever you put on it, not the pasta.
• The Non-GMO badge is a marketing freebie (there is no commercial GMO wheat to avoid), but the food itself is honest.

Ingredients (7)

• Semolina (wheat) (safe) — Coarsely milled durum wheat — the traditional pasta base. Refined, so most bran and germ are gone.
• Durum Wheat Flour (safe) — Finer durum flour blended in for texture. Same grain, same story.
• Niacin (safe) — Vitamin B3, standard enrichment.
• Ferrous sulfate (iron) (safe) — Iron enrichment, well-absorbed and standard in US grain products.
• Thiamine Mononitrate (safe) — Synthetic vitamin B1, standard enrichment.
• Riboflavin (safe) — Vitamin B2 enrichment.
• folic acid (safe) — B-vitamin fortification, standard in grain products.