Blanched pasta? Is that the same as Bleached flour?!
Answers: Do they put the pasta in a bleaching agent?
no...blanching is done to stop the cooking process -- so rinse just cooked pasta in cold water to stop the heat from softening the pasta further -- so it's cooked but not mushy
"Blanched" means the pasta has been boiled already.
Most pastas ARE made with bleached flours, though.