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Glass noodles are made from vegetable starch â most commonly mung bean, and less often sweet potato, or pea. Semi-translucent when dry, when freshly cooked, glass noodles are truly glass-like and translucent. Weâve pulled together a brief guide to help you choose and cook the right vermicelli below.
Shirataki noodles come from a yam-like tuber called Devil's Tongue. Glucomannan starch is extracted from the tubers, then mixed with water and limewater to turn it into a substance called konnyaku. Konnyaku is then shredded into traditional shirataki noodles. Sometimes other ingredients are added into shirataki noodles, like soy, and you'll see them labeled tofu or with other flavors.