Mostaccioli

Mostaccioli (from the Italian for "mustache") are 2-inch long pasta tubes, sometimes with a ridged surface. The same shape is also called penne and ziti. Generically, the dish "mostaccioli" means the pasta served with marinara sauce and, possibly, baked in a casserole, a staple of American school cafeteria and Italian-American weddings. The word mostaccioli can also refer to a kind of cookie, historically sweetened with grape must or mosto. ... more

Also known as:

  • Macaroni, dry, enriched

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Nutrients per 100g:

Nutrient Quantity per 100g
  • 13.04 g (0.46 oz )
  • 1.51 g (0.0533 oz )
  • 74.67 g (2.634 oz )
  • 0.88 g (0.031 oz )
  • 62.45 g (2.203 oz )
  • 0.48 g (0.017 oz )
  • 0.12 g (0.0042 oz )
  • 0.11 g (0.0039 oz )
  • 1.96 g (0.0691 oz )
  • 9.9 g (0.35 oz )
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Energy per 100g:

  • 1,553 kJ (9693000000000000000 MeV )

USDA Equivalent:

  • 20099
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