Create allergy card
← Browse ingredients

Small wheat pasta

Small wheat pasta is a small-shaped wheat-based pasta used especially in soups, salads, and baked dishes.

Small wheat pasta — illustrative ingredient image

About Small wheat pasta

Small wheat pasta is pasta made from wheat-based dough and formed into small pieces or shapes. It describes a size-and-ingredient category rather than one standardized product, and may include dried or fresh pasta with different proportions of wheat ingredients.

It is used especially in soups, salads, and baked dishes, as well as other preparations where small pieces are useful. Cooked texture ranges from tender to firm depending on the product and cooking time.

The pasta is generally pale and may be granular, tubular, or shaped in another small form. Fresh or dried state, wheat formulation, cooking time, and additions such as broth, dressing, cheese, or oil change its final texture and presentation.

Ingredient type
derived ingredient

Forms & related ingredients

FOLLOW IT TO THE PLATE

Where will you meet it?

Explore the dishes that use this ingredient and their country and cuisine connections.

Explore linked dishes

ON A MENU OR LABEL

Find local names and written forms to help recognise this ingredient.

See local names

Where small wheat pasta appears

1 linked foods

Find foods to recognise by country and type. Recipes and products vary; these are recorded ingredient connections.

Showing 1–1 of 1

Soups

Ingredient connections awaiting review · Coverage is still growing, including packaged snacks.

Name examples awaiting language review. Confirm the specific food or product.

Local names for small wheat pasta

Names and romanised forms to recognise on menus and labels.

English

Small wheat pasta

Available names only. Languages may be spoken in other countries; a name alone does not identify every ingredient in a dish.

Small wheat pasta nutrition & diet

Small wheat pasta nutritional value

Reference: Pasta, white wheat flour, dry

Per 100 g of the edible portion of the stated reference food.

Calories
348.5kcal
Protein
12.7g
Carbs
68.5g
Fat
1.4g

Reference example for the named food and preparation, per 100 g edible portion. This is not a universal value for every recipe or brand; packaged products should be compared with their own label. © Food Standards Australia New Zealand. AFCD Release 3, food F006458. Available carbohydrate excludes sugar alcohols; energy converted from kJ to kcal (÷4.184). Australian data may not be appropriate for use in other countries. There are limitations associated with food composition databases. Food composition data used in the database or databases may represent an average of the nutrient content of a particular sample of foods and ingredients, determined at a particular time. The nutrient composition of foods and ingredients can vary substantially between batches and brands because of a number of factors, including changes in season, processing practices and ingredient source, and methods of calculation. Data licensed under the FSANZ Data User Licence Agreement, based on CC BY-SA 3.0 AU: https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science-data/monitoringnutrients/afcd/datauserlicenceagreement.

Portions & preparation

Use the specified small wheat pasta shape and distinguish dry product from cooked, drained, baked, or soup-softened pasta. Check whether egg, vegetable ingredients, wholegrain processing, fillings, or coatings are present. Record added oil, sauce, cheese, or broth separately when the reference concerns pasta alone.

Compare the right form: Match small wheat pasta by exact shape, wheat formulation, dry or cooked state, drainage, and whether egg, fillings, or accompanying sauce is included.

Diet considerations

This is a wheat-based cereal product, with possible egg or other recipe additions. It differs from plain pasta when prepared with dairy, meat, coatings, vegetable mixtures, or sauces. Portion size and cooking state affect the carbohydrate pattern, while soups, salads, and baked dishes should be assessed as complete recipes when other ingredients are included.

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

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Depends on the version
  • Vegetarian
    May be compatible
  • Pescatarian
    May be compatible
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Typically incompatible
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Depends on the version
Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Egg. The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative. Recipes and products can differ.
Vegetarian · May be compatible
The recorded ingredients may fit this pattern. This is not a complete recipe or manufacturing specification; check additions and preparation.
Pescatarian · May be compatible
The recorded ingredients may fit this pattern. This is not a complete recipe or manufacturing specification; check additions and preparation.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Typically incompatible
Recorded common ingredients: Durum wheat semolina. This profile falls outside the conventional paleo pattern used here (grains and pseudograins, legumes, dairy or refined sugar). Recipes and products can differ.
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.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

AI-generated illustration for visual context. It does not identify a particular product or establish allergen content.

Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Australian Food Composition Database, Release 3, 2025 — Pasta, white wheat flour, dry ↗. 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.

Last recorded verification: .