I am not a dietician. I am not a personal trainer. I’m just a girl, standing in front of a bowl of pasta, asking myself if I should enjoy it with pesto or red sauce. This is to say, I love my carbs (too much to abide by the keto diet), which made me the perfect person to taste test keto pasta.
Because I’ve never been keto, I have a fresh, sharp memory of what pasta should taste and feel like. None of this, “Oh, low carb pasta is an acquired taste, you get used to it.” No. I will not acquire that taste. I will not get used to it. I want low carb pasta to taste as good as the best full-carb pasta. I tasted all these keto pasta brands with only salt—no sauce and no sympathy—and cooked them according to package instructions. And I found a few keto pasta brands that accomplished that feat.
It is worth noting that a lot of these pastas market themselves at keto because the net carbs are low, which they can accomplish by fortifying the product with fiber. So, if you’re like many adults in the U.S. and do not eat enough fiber, and you immediately introduce these pastas with 24g of fiber per serving, you should…plan your bathroom proximity accordingly.
Anyway, here’s the best low carb pasta aka the best keto pasta you can buy at the grocery store or via Amazon.
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- Carbe Diem Spaghetti
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A lot of the spaghetti and fettuccine options I tried for this keto friendly pasta taste test were like the Les Miz of noodles. They were long and they made me sad. Then, Carbe Diem came to the rescue. This is the only wheat-based low carb pasta that held up to any sort of heat or cooking, and gave me hope that a keto follower could live a life in which they could twirl noodles on their fork, or pull a Lady and the Tramp at the dinner table. While this spaghetti did cook up a little crumbly compared to some of the other keto pasta brands on this list, it was far and away the best low carb pasta if you’re looking to slurp some spaghetti.
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- Carbe Diem Elbows
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As with the Carbe Diem spaghetti, this keto friendly pasta made a valiant effort of approximating the texture of regular pasta. It’s a little off from the standard pasta, but I can tell that it’s trying its best. The taste is a dead ringer for the standard pasta. A wide elbow is one of my favorite pasta shapes, and my single favorite way to make sure people give me my space in line at the grocery store, so I’m not mad at this keto pasta, even if it is just “close enough.”
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- Lulupasta Rotini
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Of all the low carb pasta brands I tried, this struck the best balance of keto macros and taste. It has a substantial amount of protein (19g per serving), it’s low net carbs, and it’s gluten-free, but it still doesn’t taste too shabby. It’s got the best ratio of keto to want-to-eat-o. It has a little bit of an aftertaste to it and is a touch gummy in texture, but that’s pretty forgivable. It’s more than passable in terms of flavor and chew, and, honestly, keto is about eating high fat so I’d drown this keto pasta in pesto or cheese anyway.
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- Palmini Linguine
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I like this non-noodle noodle, but I like it for what it is: a vegetable. Nobody’s ever going to eat this heart of palm pasta and say, “Ah, yes, I am eating real wheat pasta,” but this is fun. It tastes a little like artichokes, feels only a little like deception, and would be a good way to bulk up stir fries or actual pasta dishes without adding so many extra carbs. This keto pasta also doesn’t require much cooking beyond a quick reheat, which makes it a convenient low carb pasta option if you’re not in the mood for cooking. Or in the mood for pasta. Because, as I said, this is not pasta. Still very tasty!
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- Brami Curly Macaroni
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The Brami low carb pasta products I tried all came fortified with lupini beans. As well as giving the pasta a little extra protein, those beans also add an earthy flavor that I really enjoy, but I could see catching some pasta purists off-guard. I tried three shapes of Brami pasta (curly macaroni, fusilli, and radiatori), and they’re all pretty good across the board. Truthfully, for me, the curly macaroni pulled slightly ahead as the best low carb pasta because the shape is fun and would cling really nicely to sauces, or the mayonnaise for the macaroni salad that I found myself craving pretty hard not long into this tasting.
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Best Long Noodle
Best High Fiber
Best Gluten Free
Best Faux Pasta
Best of the Best
Other keto pasta brands we tried: Brami Fusilli, Brami Radiatori, Carbe Diem Penne, Impastable Elbows, Impastable Fettuccine, Great Low Carb Bread Co Shells, Liviva Spaghetti, Livivia Penne, Miracle Noodle Spaghetti, Palmini Angel Hair, Palmini Lasagna
