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Egg Pasta

Fresh pasta enriched with egg, rolled thin for ribbons and sheets.

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About Egg Pasta

Egg pasta is pasta made from a wheat-based dough enriched with egg. It is commonly rolled into sheets or cut into ribbons and used for filled pasta, layered dishes, baked preparations, or pasta served with sauce. Fresh dough is handled and cooked differently from dried egg pasta.

Its flavour is mild and wheaten, with egg contributing richness and a deeper yellow colour. Properly cooked fresh egg pasta is supple, tender, and cohesive. Thickness, flour, egg proportion, drying, and cooking time can produce softer, firmer, chewier, or more yielding results.

It is sold fresh or dried as sheets, ribbons, noodles, or other formed pieces. Rolling and cutting determine its shape and thickness. Boiling turns the pliable dough tender; baking, filling, and saucing add further textures and flavours. Common forms include lasagne sheets, tagliatelle, and filled pasta.

Ingredient type
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Egg Pasta nutrition & diet

Egg Pasta nutritional value

Pasta, egg, fresh, raw

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the stated food form.

Calories
282kcal
Protein
10.6g
Carbs
57.0g
Fat
2.9g

Reference values apply to the named food form, not every preparation, variety or brand. CoFID 2021 food code 11-726. Carbohydrate follows the dataset’s available-carbohydrate convention. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Portions & preparation

Identify whether this is fresh or dried pasta and whether the reference describes dough before cooking or the cooked edible portion. Preserve the recipe’s flour, egg, water, and optional additions. Rolled sheets, ribbons, filled shapes, and pasta served with sauce should not be treated as interchangeable forms.

Compare the right form: Match the reference to fresh or dried egg pasta, exact shape, uncooked or cooked state, and edible pasta portion apart from sauce.

Diet considerations

Egg pasta contains cereal flour and an animal-derived egg ingredient, so it is not plant-only. Compatibility changes with wheat species, fillings, dairy, meat, coatings, broths, and sauces. Portion size and cooking state influence its carbohydrate pattern, while a filled or sauced pasta dish requires its own ingredient assessment.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — Pasta, egg, fresh, raw ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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