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Best Pastas — Whole Grain, Bronze-Die, No Fillers

Pasta at its best is two ingredients: durum wheat and water. Whole-grain and chickpea-based pastas add fiber and protein without adding a dozen fillers. Our top scorers keep it simple.

What to look for

Durum wheat semolina or whole-grain flour as ingredient #1
Legume-based (chickpea, lentil) for higher protein + fiber
No added iron (indicates heavily refined flour)
Bronze-die extrusion gives better sauce-clinging texture
Made in Italy when possible — stricter wheat standards

Our top-scoring picks

Every product below scored 75 or higher on our 0–100 ingredient-and-nutrition scale. Links go directly to Amazon; as an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

Chickpeas and lentils organic shells pasta

Chickapea

Penne di lenticchie gialle

Probios

SMART PASTA SPAGHETTI

Vetta

Protein Penne

Vetta SMART Pasta

Penne lentilles corail

Casino

Red Lentil pasta

Pedon

Farro lenticchie quinoa penne rigate n°91

Sgambaro

Protein pasta

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