I love these products sooooooo much....!!
I like to make large batches of home-made sauce and freeze them into small single meal portions.
It's always been a pain to cook pasta just to serve with that sauce.
Now with these ready to eat pastas it is just so simple.
I have always wished for someone to come up with this solution.
Thank you Barilla......Perfect

We're both disabled and use walkers to get around. Moving a pot of boiling water from the stove to the sink to drain is, not only dangerous but also terrifying. When I saw this product I thought it was going to be a life saver. I looked at the description and saw each bag was 8.5oz and we get a two full meals out of a pound of pasta from the grocery store so I thought, wrongly, we could easily get one meal per bag. Then I realized we were paying Barilla for their water. A full bag is just a little too much for a serving of pasta if all you're having is pasta (we're don't make elaborate meals) so we needed to use two bags to get a meal. That makes this too expensive even for the convenience. But read on to see why cost is irrelevant.

Then there's the product itself. First impression; this isn't penne, penne is much larger and what's with the color? This looks nothing like the pasta we cook on the stove. It's kinda scary and reminds me of pasta left out for a day or two. Taste wasn't great, there was a strange aftertaste and it was incredibly chewy like very undercooked pasta. And I have to say neither of our stomachs is happy now about an hour after eating this product. There's four more bags in the box, they're going in the trash.

This has nothing to do with my rating, the product deserves what's given, but it's worth mentioning: Check your expiration date. The product I received expires two weeks from the delivery date. But that's just a stocking issue. It's a wet product, I wouldn't trust it much past the expiration date. There's just two of us here, we aren't going to use an entire box in two weeks. I had hoped to get some time out of this product but now, that's irrelevant. We won't be buying more or even using the remaining bags.

I bought six packs. First one was good, second one had something in it that was black and red and oranges speck it was so gross

The rotini was FANTASTIC. Follow the directions exactly: 1) Kneed/mix the bag contents gently. 2) Tear at indicated location about half an inch to vent. 3). 60 Seconds in microwave with bag standing up properly (I had to correct the base form after I kneaded it).

I let it sit about 60 seconds as I warmed up some refrigerated sauce we had in stock.

Combined the two, mixed and added some parmesan. Was delicious and mess free!

FYI I do not recommend wearing a white shirt when eating pasta with red sauce.

It's okay but I probably won't buy it again. Something seems a little off about the texture