SlimPasta (Vegetable Pasta) - Review & Giveaway

Last week I was approached to review a product that I had never tried before: SlimPasta.

What is SlimPasta?

SlimPasta is a substitute for pasta and noodles especially made to help you feel fuller for longer without adding a lot of calories!

Equivalent products have been popular in Asia for many years, specifically in Japan and China, and while it can be identified by many different names (Konjac noodle, Shirataki), they are all essentially the same and have identical health benefits of lower cholesterol, lower blood glucose, and body weight management as SlimPasta.

How does it work?

SlimPasta is naturally made of a vegetable called Konjac which produces a high fibre (called gulcomannan) that is a low calorie and low carbohydrate food. 

What did I think of SlimPasta?

Mademoiselle Slimalicious' dinner
SlimPasta Spaghetti bolognese

Pros

• Very quick and easy to prepare 
• Good for people looking for a way to consume fewer calories in a day and also stick to a low carbohydrate diet
• Suitable for gluten intolerant people: SlimPasta’s Angel Hair is gluten-free
• The high content of dietary fibre helps ease digestion
• Can be an appropriate replacement for stir-fry noodles

Cons

• The white (Spaghetti) and translucent (Angel Hair) colour are unusual, especially in a pasta dish
• The texture is quite different from traditional pasta, closer to rice noodles, very chewy

Giveaway

One lucky reader will receive 2x SlimPasta Spaghetti 250g pack!

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Giveaway is open to Australian readers only (sorry to my international readers) and closes on 25th February 2012 at 5 pm (EAST). A winner will be chosen at random with the help of random.org and the name of the winner will be posted on my blog. If the prize is unclaimed within 7 days, a new winner will be randomly selected. Prize donated by SlimPasta, Prize value: $6