Oreo Original Chocolate Sandwich Biscuit Family Pack 300g vs Barilla Penne Rigate Italian Pasta 500g
What separates them
Every specification both products publish agrees. The difference is elsewhere — price, warranty or brand. The Barilla Penne Rigate Italian Pasta 500g is ₹155 dearer.
Oreo Original Chocolate Sandwich Biscuit Family Pack 300g vs Barilla Penne Rigate Italian Pasta 500g
Oreo
Oreo Original Chocolate Sandwich Biscuit Family Pack 300g
₹120
Thirty-eight grams of sugar per hundred is the number worth carrying, and it is why per-100 g reading matters -- a per-serving figure on a biscuit pack is whatever the manufacturer decided a serving is.
Full details →Barilla
Barilla Penne Rigate Italian Pasta 500g
₹275
Bronze die against teflon die is the distinction that separates pasta that holds sauce from pasta that does not, and standard Barilla is teflon-die -- smooth, which is why the rigate ridges exist to compensate.
Full details →Who the Oreo Original Chocolate Sandwich Biscuit Family Pack 300g is for
Buy it if: Anyone who wants the actual composition rather than a per-serving figure.
Avoid it if: Anyone managing sugar or saturated fat intake.
Who the Barilla Penne Rigate Italian Pasta 500g is for
Buy it if: Anyone wanting reliable durum pasta that holds its shape at a low price.
Avoid it if: Anyone chasing maximum sauce adhesion -- that needs bronze-die pasta.
Specifications, side by side
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| Specification | Oreo Original Chocolate Sandwich Biscuit Family Pack 300g | Barilla Penne Rigate Italian Pasta 500g |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹120 | ₹275 |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Cook time | not published | 11 minutes for al dente |
| Die type | not published | Standard Barilla uses teflon dies, giving a smooth surface. Bronze-die pasta has a rougher surface that sauce clings to far better |
| FSSAI | Licence number printed on pack -- check it on any packaged food bought online | not published |
| Net weight | 300 g | not published |
| Palm oil | Contains palm oil, which is where much of the saturated fat comes from | not published |
| Per 100 g | About 480 kcal, 20 g fat of which 10 g saturated, 38 g sugar | not published |
| Per 100 g dry | not published | About 359 kcal, 12.5 g protein, 3 g fibre |
| Salt the water | not published | About 10 g salt per litre. This is the single biggest determinant of whether pasta tastes of anything |
| Vegetarian | Green dot, contains no animal-derived ingredients | not published |
| Wheat | not published | 100 percent durum wheat semolina, which holds shape when cooked |
| Why per 100 g | Serving sizes are chosen by the manufacturer. Per 100 g is the only figure that compares across brands | not published |
| Why rigate | not published | The ridges compensate somewhat for a smooth teflon-die surface |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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