One of these is not like the other 

Remember that song on Sesame Street?  "One of these things is not like the other... can you tell which one?"

I was in the grocer the other day, shopping for ingredients to make Mimi's Gouda Mac and Cheese.  I naturally needed elbow macaroni and found myself wondering which one do I buy.  Should I get the healthy pasta or the inexpensive pasta?  There's so many to choose from, that I had to read the back labels to decide which one was better.  I ended up buying three different pastas; a healthy brand, a regular name brand, and a generic store brand.  I'm gonna let you decide which one is better.

CAN YOU TELL WHICH PASTA IS HEALTHY, REGULAR, AND GENERIC ?
Let's look at the actual pasta first, shall we? See any big differences?

Not really, the middle noodle is slightly darker.  Let's go another angle.
Anything different?

Let's study their NUTRITION FACTS and see if you can find anything there.

PLEASE NOTICE, the one on the bottom shows more calories but look at the grams in their 1/2 cup serving size, compared to the two above.  There's a difference of 9 grams, so naturally the numbers will be slightly higher.

Let's move onto the INGREDIENTS, surely there will be big differences there.

What is Modified Wheat Starch and Calcium Phosphate? The only two ingredients that separate one pasta from the other two.  I don't see anything that's impressive, do you?

Let's just compare their pretty packaging and finally see which brand belongs which pasta.

Ronzoni Smart Taste is the pasta on the left, Skinner in the middle, HyTop on the right.

Three different pastas, let's see where they're made.

That's funny, Ronzoni and Skinner have the same address?

Let's look at how much they cost?

The price difference must be because I get so much MORE from Ronzoni than HyTop.  Let's see that too.

Well, I'm STUMPED!  Which one is better?