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Swap guide: Pasta

Updated November 10, 2026

Swap guide: Pasta

Most pasta starts as durum wheat, and some is made from lentils, chickpeas or rice. Here is what the sources say, and the certified pasta on ByeGly.

Why pasta comes up

  • Most pasta starts as durum wheat. USDA's Economic Research Service says "Durum wheat is used in pasta production."1
  • Wheat can be treated before harvest. In Canada, pre-harvest glyphosate on wheat was first registered in 1992, to be applied at 30% grain moisture or less, typically 7 to 14 days before harvest.2
  • Pulse pastas too. Keep it Clean's 2026 advisory says glyphosate is registered in Canada for pre-harvest weed control on chickpeas, lentils, peas and dry beans.3
  • Grain products are tested. CFIA's 2015-2016 survey reported glyphosate detected in 36.6% of 869 grain product samples, with 3.9% above Canadian limits.4

None of this tells you how a particular product was grown or made. That is what certifications are for. For what regulators have said about glyphosate, see Where agencies stand.

What to look for

  • Glyphosate Residue Free or BioChecked Non-Glyphosate on the package: a lab did not detect glyphosate in the product at about 0.01 ppm. That is a detection limit, not zero, and it is not a health claim.
  • USDA Certified Organic: glyphosate may not be used in organic crop production. It is not a residue test.
  • Check the exact product. A certification covers the listed product, not everything a brand makes.

See How to read a label, Certifications explained and How we verify.

Certified pasta on ByeGly

  • Bionaturae (Glyphosate Residue Free): Organic Durum Semolina Capellini; Organic Durum Semolina Chiocciole; Organic Durum Semolina Fusilli; Organic Durum Semolina Lasagne; Organic Durum Semolina Linguine; Organic Durum Semolina Penne Rigate; Organic Durum Semolina Rigatoni; Organic Durum Semolina Spaghetti; and 13 more on ByeGly. Where to buy: store locator.
  • Cappello's (Glyphosate Residue Free): Butternut Squash Ravioli; Five Cheese Ravioli; Gnocchi; Spinach & Cheese Ravioli; Sweet Potato Gnocchi. Where to buy: retailers named on the brand's site: Sprouts Farmers Market, Whole Foods Market.
  • Jovial Foods (Glyphosate Residue Free): Organic Einkorn Traditional Caserecce; Organic Einkorn Traditional Fusilli; Organic Einkorn Traditional Penne; Organic Einkorn Traditional Spaghetti; Organic Einkorn Whole Wheat Fusilli; Organic Einkorn Whole Wheat Penne; Organic Einkorn Whole Wheat Spaghetti; Organic Gluten Free Brown Rice Bucatini; and 21 more on ByeGly. Where to buy: store locator.
  • Taste Republic (Glyphosate Residue Free): Family-Size Frozen Gluten Free Egg Noodles (6-Pack x 16oz); Family-Size Frozen Gluten Free Four Cheese Raviolini, 16oz; Family-Size Frozen Gluten Free Mushroom & Cheese Tortelloni, 16oz; Fresh Gluten + Grain Free Cauliflower Linguini (6-pack); Fresh Gluten + Grain Free Chickpea Linguini - Organic (6-Pack); Fresh Gluten + Grain Free Red Lentil Fusilli - Organic (6-Pack); Fresh Gluten Free Cacio e Pepe Tortelloni (6-Pack); Fresh Gluten Free Fettuccine (6-Pack); and 7 more on ByeGly. Where to buy: store locator.

Only the exact products listed on ByeGly are certified as far as we can confirm. Other products from the same brand are not on our list unless they appear there.

Each listing on ByeGly shows the certification, a Source link to the brand page where we saw it, the date we last checked it, and a Buy link to the brand's own site. Where the brand's site has a store locator or names retailers, we show it next to the brand.

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Don't see what you buy? If it isn't listed, it's not on our list yet. Use Request a product to ask us to look at it. We add a listing only if we can confirm a named certification on the brand's own public site.

Sources

Product facts come from the live ByeGly product database (Supabase project byegly, public listings, read November 10, 2026). Product and certification names are shown as the brand writes them; where-to-buy details come from the brand's own site as recorded in that database.

Footnotes

  1. USDA Economic Research Service, Wheat Sector at a Glance (updated October 28, 2026): https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/crops/wheat/wheat-sector-at-a-glance ↩

  2. Agriculture Canada / Health Canada PMRA, Decision Document E92-02, Glyphosate, Preharvest Use (1992): https://publications.gc.ca/collections/Collection/H113-4-92-02E.pdf ↩

  3. Keep it Clean, 2026 Product Advisory (updated May 20, 2026): https://keepitclean.ca/tools-resources/product-advisory/ ↩

  4. Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Glyphosate Testing in 2015-2016: https://open-science.canada.ca/server/api/core/bitstreams/43569b7d-f44b-4734-98e5-bca71d7f1317/content ↩