The first Nothing but Noodles restaurant opened in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 2002. Since then, founders Todd Welker and Chad Everts have expanded the business to multiple locations in different parts of the country. Along with soups, salads, other starters and pasta specialties, the menu includes noodle dishes inspired by Asian, American and Italian cuisines, such as fettuccine, which comes as Fettuccini Alfredo.
Background
Fettuccini Alfredo from Nothing but Noodles restaurant includes pasta, cream sauce and pecorino, romano and parmesan cheeses. Nothing but Noodles provides nutrition information for one serving, which is half of an order. If you eat the entire order of pasta, you need to double the values. The restaurant encourages you to order chicken or shrimp with your fettuccine, but these are not included in the basic nutritional information.
Calories and Macronutrients
A single serving, or half of an order, of Fettuccini Alfredo from Nothing but Noodles has 723 calories. It has 36 g carbohydrate, including 2 g dietary fiber and 1 g sugar, and 20 g protein. The serving has 56 g of total fat, or 86 percent of the daily value, and 175 mg cholesterol, or 58 percent of the daily value. If you have fettuccine with chicken, each half-order adds 100 calories, 18 g protein, 3 g of total fat and 49 mg cholesterol. Shrimp adds 53 calories, 10 g protein, 8 g fat and 76 mg cholesterol.
Saturated Fat
Each serving of Fettuccini Alfredo from Nothing but Noodles has 35 g saturated fat. Saturated fat raises levels of total and bad LDL cholesterol in your blood and potentially increases your risk for heart disease, according to Mayo Clinic. To promote heart health, keep your saturated fat intake to no more than 7 to 10 percent of total calories, or 15 to 22 g per day on a 2,000-calorie diet. Likely sources of saturated fat in the dish include the cream sauce and three cheeses.
Sodium
Fettuccini from Nothing but Noodles has 1,053 mg sodium in a serving, or 2,106 mg in a full order. A high-sodium diet can cause high blood pressure, or hypertension, and raise your risk for heart disease and stroke, according to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy adults should not have more than 2,300 mg sodium in a day. Ordering chicken as a topping on your pasta would add 487 mg sodium per serving.
References
- Nothing But Noodles: The Noodles Idea
- Nothing But Noodles: Menu: Italian
- Nothing But Noodles: Nutritional Guidelines
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010; January 2010
- Food and Drug Administration; Food Labeling Guide: Appendix F: Calculate the Percent Daily Value for the Appropriate Nutrients; May 2011
- Mayo Clinic; Dietary Fats: Know Which Types to Choose; February 2011
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