Your whole family will love the delicious Gluten Free Penne! The pasta is made with corn and rice flour, contains no GMO ingredients & is endorsed by Coeliac Australia. Barilla Gluten Free pasta has the same great taste and texture as their regular pasta, so you can feel good about including into your favourite pasta dishes. Penne is one of the most famous Italian pasta shapes and greatly loved across Italy. Penne, which means ‘pen’ in Italian, is a tube-shape with angled ends, inspired by the quill of an old-style ink pen. Ridged penne are designed for meat, vegetable, cheese and oil or butter-based sauces.