The Kitchen

You might notice that the sodium levels for two of our pastas - penne and rotini - are very different than some of our other pastas, such as spaghetti, lasagna, and fettuccine. Specifically, the Nutrition Facts panel for the penne and rotini say they each have 0 mg of sodium, while the spaghetti, lasagna, and fettuccine say they each have 120 mg of sodium. Why the difference?

In reality, all these pastas use the same formulation, and they all have 0 mg of sodium. The 120 mg of sodium number is actually a mistake. When we first started production, we assumed that there would be some residual sodium left in the resistant starch fiber source as a result of the production process, which uses significant amounts of sodium. So when we printed the original boxes we used the number of 120 mg based on these calculations.

Later, we decided to check the finished product through an actual laboratory analysis. To our surprise, the lab analysis (which you can see here) revealed that there was in fact almost no sodium in the pasta. After some discussions with the RS manufacturer, we decided that our original calculation was wrong. The real number is 0 mg of sodium.

Unfortunately, by this time we had already printed up a lot of packaging with the incorrect 120 mg number. The penne and rotini are our fastest sellers, so we were able to update their packaging on the next production, and have changed it on our website, as well. As we work our way through the other shapes we will update their Nutrition Facts values to reflect the correct 0 mg of sodium also.

Sorry again for the confusion, but I'm sure you're glad to know it's low sodium too!