Italian families spend almost four
billion euros a year to put pasta in their shopping cart, in all
its variations, farm group Coldiretti said World Pasta Day
Friday.
Italians, according to the latest Istat data, eat 23.1 kilograms
of pasta per capita, but spaghetti and penne are also popular
abroad with 17 kilos in Tunisia, followed by Venezuela (12 kg),
Greece (11.4 kg), Chile (9.5 kg), the United States (8.8 kg),
Argentina (8.6 kg) and Iran (8.5 kg).
Despite the difficult international situation, Italian pasta
exports increased by 6% in the first 7 months of 2024, according
to Coldiretti on Istat data, with Germany, the United States and
France being the main markets in that order.
But there are also those who are not satisfied with the pasta
bought at the supermarket and get to work with flour and a
rolling pin to prepare it at home.
According to a Coldiretti/Ixe' survey, 27% of Italians say that
tagliatelle, tortellini, agnolotti and other types of
specialties are prepared at home.
It's a passion that involves especially young people between 18
and 34 years old, while at a territorial level it is more rooted
in the South and Center, the survey said.
Among the innovations of recent years is the spread on the
market of 100% Italian pasta with national wheat, which sees the
involvement of the main brands in the sector.
The consumption of 'tricolor' penne and spaghetti, according to
Coldiretti based on Ismea data, represents 40% in volume and
value of the total purchased in large-scale distribution.
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