The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) of 1990, which took effect in May 1994, required that pasta packaging list nutrients in greater detail than in the past
The industry faced challenges entering the mid-1990s, however, as foreign producers flooded the market and the nation's durum wheat was attacked by Karnal Bunt disease. Additionally, tougher labeling requirements
The greatest challenge to the dry pasta and noodle industry was expected to come from competition with other types of pasta. For example, the sales volume of frozen pasta grew at an annual rate of 19.1 percent from 1980 to 1985
Most pasta was served for dinner (approximately 75 percent in the mid-1990s), but the trend went toward more frequent pasta lunches, with a 20-percent increase in consumption at this meal
canned pasta was still perceived to be most appropriate for children or for lower income individuals. Canned food was also viewed as having depleted nutritional value,
In the 1990s, the countries that consumed the most pasta per capita were Italy, followed by Venezuela and Tunisia. Italy, the birthplace of pasta, has traditionally been a top consumer of pasta dishes.
The bulk of dried pasta and noodles was sold through retail outlets such as supermarkets, convenience stores, and gourmet shops, for personal consumption. A scant 5 percent was sold to the food service industry
About 8,400 people were employed in the manufacture of dry pasta in 1982; by 1997, that figure dropped to 6,300. Production workers accounted for 77 percent of the workforce and earned an average hourly income of $12.36
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•Pasta is broadly classified as •Pasta secca (dry pasta) •Pasta fresca (fresh pasta) •The above pasta are further classified as: •Pasta lunga (long pasta) more than 6cms. •Pasta corta (short pasta) •The above are the main basis for classifying pasta other than these pasta is also classified according to the color, stuffed or plain etc. the variety of flour used is also a basis for classifying pasta.
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"Pasta" is in italian. In spanish, it's also Pasta.