As an easy dinner staple, pasta has a permanent place in many of our cupboards - but which is the best? Well, wonder no longer because a supermarket pastahas been crowned according to reviews based on the quality and taste.

Topping the list is Barilla (£1.50 for 500g at Sainsbury's), with five stars. The reviewer said that the "hugely likeable and relatable" pasta develops texture when cooked and "holds sauce well". The suggested timing of nine minutes was reportedly "spot on", and the pasta was "muscular" with a "really decent flavour". Named the best to splurge on was Rummo (£2.35 for 500g at Ocado), which has a "dusty aspect and a rough texture, like salt on skin". The Guardian described it as "rustic" and "chunky", with a "nice, pronounced flavour" and gave it four stars.

The best bargain spaghetti was from Lidl's Baresa brand (75p for 500g), which got four stars. It has the "right amount of firmness" and is "lovely to wind around a fork"

The Guardian said it is a great example of how "a good-value pasta cooked for the right length of time can be satisfying and rewarding".

De Cecco's spaghetti (£2 for 500g at Sainsbury's) got four stars, with the newspaper saying it was "pleasing" but had "no great texture or deep flavour".

Garofalo's offering (£2.35 for 500g at Ocado) also got four stars and was described as "really reliable" - a "sturdy-looking and dusty, but not rustic" pasta.

Ocado's (75p for 500g) and M&S's (£2.30 for 500g) own-brand spaghetti both got three stars. Ocado's was called "close to gummy" when cooked and "all too often elusive". M&S's has "good structure and a nutty flavour".

Sainsbury's own-brand (75p for 500g) got two stars and had a "lack of texture" and "almost no flavour". Tesco's (75p for 500g) got just one star, the worst of the group, and was either "flabby and gluey" or "crunchy".