Pasta can be eaten practically anywhere: it's a simple, delicious, cheap, fun and nourishing food! Furthermore, statistics at hand, lately it has become very fashionable. The "made in Italy" production has increased by 4,3% in the past year. Almost three million tons, approximately half of which goes abroad (in the past 12 months export has increased by 8%). An unrestrainable surge. The desire for pasta has invaded the planet and many non-Italian companies have also started getting equipped for production. And if quality is not always up to par with the "real thing", "foreign" pasta (often present on the market with unlikely names evoking Italy) is not at all neglibile on a quantitative level. But, after the Italians, who are the main manufacturers? Needless to say, the Americans, of course!

The 10 main pasta manufacturers (in tons) in 1997 ITALY 2,920,157 USA 2,000,000 BRASIL 750,000 RUSSIA 473,127 TURKEY 470,000 EGYPT 406,000 GERMANY 311,485 FRANCE 252,000 VENEZUELA 244,000 SPAIN 205,000

More on Pasta:
Pasta Dictionary
Marcella Hazan's Classic Italian Recipes

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