Packaged foods

Pasta reviews

Brand

Price

Top filters (7)

Price per 100g

Performance score

Nutrition score

Shop Ethical rating

Product reviews

Last updated: 29 September 2025
Fact-checked
Fact-checked
Checked for accuracy by our qualified fact-checkers and verifiers. Find out more about fact-checking at CHOICE
Rachel By Rachel

We test and compare 24 spaghettis from brands including Barilla, San Remo and Zafarelli to find the best.

  • Discover the top-rated spaghetti by CHOICE experts.
  • Sort by price, brand, type and more.
  • Check out the pasta buying guide for more on pasta ingredients, shapes and numbers and a recipe for spaghetti bolognese.
  • Get your free guide to all our taste test winners.

We’ve partnered with Shop Ethical on this review to show the ratings that the Ethical Consumer Group gives to each company (not product).

How we test

Products

We tested 24 shelf-stable durum wheat spaghettis – both regular and wholemeal varieties – that are available in major supermarket chains. We excluded size/shape variations (e.g. thin/thick/spaghettini/spaghettoni, ‘quick cook’, tubular, linguine), egg pasta and wheat-free pasta.

Price is as purchased in Sydney stores (not on special) in September 2020. 

Testing

Spaghetti was cooked in a large pot of boiling water using the standard manufacturer’s instruction for pasta – a ratio of 1 litre water to 100g pasta, for the time specified on the pack. It was stirred when water came back up to a boil, at 5 minutes, then again to 2 minutes before the end of cooking time (if longer than 10 minutes).

Once cooking time was reached, spaghetti was drained, and each sample was assessed for a) degree of cooking/’doneness’ at labelled cook time (which also took into consideration whether strands were separate or clumped) and b) any sticking to the pan once drained.

Scores

The CHOICE Expert Rating is made up of 50% performance (80% degree of cooking, 20% sticking) and 50% nutrition (based on the Health Star Rating, calculated from the details in the nutrition information panel and converted to a percentage). 

We recommend spaghetti with a CHOICE Expert Rating of 90% or more.

Displaying all 24 products
Choose a field
Price (Low-High)
Brand (A-Z)
CHOICE Expert Rating (High-Low)
Recommended (Z-A)
Price per 100g (Low-High)
Performance score (High-Low)
Nutrition score (High-Low)
Energy per 100g (kJ) (Low-High)
Fibre per 100g (g) (High-Low)
Shop Ethical rating (Best-Worst)
Sorry, no products meet the criteria for the filters you've applied.
Coles Spaghetti (clear pack)
Rating locked - membership required
Unlock this by becoming a member

Coles Spaghetti (clear pack)

Performance score 100
Nutrition score 90
Energy per 100g (kJ) 1490
Percentage of Australian ingredients 100
Shop Ethical rating D
$1.2
Aldi Just Organic Spaghetti
Rating locked - membership required
Unlock this by becoming a member

Aldi Just Organic Spaghetti

Performance score 100
Nutrition score 80
Energy per 100g (kJ) 1504
Percentage of Australian ingredients 0
Shop Ethical rating C
$1.59
Vetta Spaghetti
Rating locked - membership required
Unlock this by becoming a member

Vetta Spaghetti

Performance score 100
Nutrition score 80
Energy per 100g (kJ) 1489
Percentage of Australian ingredients 100
Shop Ethical rating N/A
$2.25
Garofalo Spaghetti No.9
Rating locked - membership required
Unlock this by becoming a member

Garofalo Spaghetti No.9

Performance score 76
Nutrition score 90
Energy per 100g (kJ) 1516
Percentage of Australian ingredients 0
Shop Ethical rating F
$2.8
Woolworths Spaghetti
Rating locked - membership required
Unlock this by becoming a member

Woolworths Spaghetti

Performance score 76
Nutrition score 90
Energy per 100g (kJ) 1490
Percentage of Australian ingredients 100
Shop Ethical rating C
$1.2
Aldi Remano Spaghetti
Rating locked - membership required
Unlock this by becoming a member

Aldi Remano Spaghetti

Performance score 84
Nutrition score 80
Energy per 100g (kJ) 1550
Percentage of Australian ingredients 100
Shop Ethical rating C
$0.79
Zafarelli Spaghetti 4
Rating locked - membership required
Unlock this by becoming a member

Zafarelli Spaghetti 4

Performance score 84
Nutrition score 80
Energy per 100g (kJ) 1510
Percentage of Australian ingredients 0
Shop Ethical rating B
$1.5
Balducci Spaghetti No.4
Rating locked - membership required
Unlock this by becoming a member

Balducci Spaghetti No.4

Performance score 76
Nutrition score 80
Energy per 100g (kJ) 1510
Percentage of Australian ingredients 100
Shop Ethical rating N/A
$1.5
Barilla Spaghetti n.5
Rating locked - membership required
Unlock this by becoming a member

Barilla Spaghetti n.5

Performance score 76
Nutrition score 80
Energy per 100g (kJ) 1521
Percentage of Australian ingredients 0
Shop Ethical rating B
$2.4
Coles Organic Spaghetti
Rating locked - membership required
Unlock this by becoming a member

Coles Organic Spaghetti

Performance score 76
Nutrition score 80
Energy per 100g (kJ) 1490
Percentage of Australian ingredients 0
Shop Ethical rating D
$1.65
San Remo Spaghetti No.5
Rating locked - membership required
Unlock this by becoming a member

San Remo Spaghetti No.5

Performance score 76
Nutrition score 80
Energy per 100g (kJ) 1530
Percentage of Australian ingredients 100
Shop Ethical rating B
$2.6