Glutano

One of the complaints that I have about many gluten free product manufacturers is they don't make many products for children.  I have yet to be able to feed my oldest daughter a bowl of alphabet soup.  Fortunately there are a few products out there.  Today's example is Glutano's Animal Shapes pasta.  

Though I have seen no evidence to the contrary, Glutano's animal shapes consist of a duck, and that is it.  Since this is an imported British product, there may be more that I haven't seen in America.  However, this is a fun shape that appealed to my kids.  The oldest cannot eat the Clifford, Arthur, or the Sponge Bob shaped pasta that the other kids get to eat.

Now I had to prepare this pasta twice before I reviewed it.  The first time I did not follow the directions, and stirred while the pasta cooked.  If you make the same mistake, you will end up with a bowl full of little pasta slivers.  However, if you follow the directions, and let the gluten free pasta sit and simmer after the initial stir, you end up with a bowl of little pasta ducks that you can feed your kids.

The ducks did have a good chew, and held together nicely as I mixed various sauces into the noodles.  Like a regular pasta noodle, this gluten free pasta has a mild flavor of its own that carries the flavor of the sauce.

Because this is one of the few gluten free fun shaped pastas, this will be purchased again.