In the last six months, the national government issued 32 resolutions to update the Argentine Food Code (CAA), one of which addresses food pastas or noodles. Through Resolution 35/2025, it was determined that pastas are those made with semolina, semolina flour, or wheat flour and its derivatives, as well as buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa, and "any other edible grain or seed, legumes, roots, and tubers, with or without spices and/or seeds" using potable water. In this way, the regulation updates something that was already happening with the production of noodles for celiac patients, which use different gluten-free ingredients. Additionally, it specifies that integral pasta or whole wheat noodles are products made with no less than 50% whole wheat flour, while semolated noodles are those with no less than 50% wheat semolina or semolina flour. For egg pastas or noodles, it indicates that they must "present a cholesterol content of no less than 0.04% calculated on dry substance". ...
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