Vermicelli (100% mung bean

[Pauline McGuire]

Vermicelli (100% mung bean). Is this allowed since its 10% mung bean. Just wondering since we are allowed mung bean sprouts

[ShannonM816]

Sprouts from any kind of bean are very different than the bean itself -- the bean itself is off limits, and that's what your vermicelli would be made from. Bean sprouts -- the green, planty part -- is fine, it has very different properties. 

 

Here's what the Can I Have list says:

Bean Sprouts: Yes 

The plant part of the bean is fine to eat. The problematic compounds are found in the seed (bean) itself.

 

[Pauline McGuire]

Im thinking maybe not as its a type of pea (lenril). But would like to know.

[ShannonM816]

Im thinking maybe not as its a type of pea (lenril). But would like to know.

 

Lentils are also legumes. No legumes are allowed on the Whole30.

 

Ditch the pasta substitute and eat vegetables.

[Tom Denham]

Vermicelli (100% mung bean). Is this allowed since its 10% mung bean. Just wondering since we are allowed mung bean sprouts

 

Don't do it. It is one thing to make noodles out of zucchini or yellow squash. It is another thing to recreate pasta with a starchy veggie or mung beans. The Whole30 rules specifically ask you not to recreate conventional foods with compliant ingredients and I think mung bean vermicelli would violate that rule. And I bet the vermicelli is made from the beans and not from the sprouts.