Original Italian spaghetti durum wheat pasta 500 gr

Original Italian spaghetti made from 100% Italian durum wheat. Best Italian pasta. Handmade durum wheat spaghetti from original Italian wheat. Genuine artisan Italian pasta is made by bronze pressing, which makes the surface of the spaghetti wrinkled and rough.

This special feature allows Italian pasta such as spaghetti to absorb and retain the sauce in the best possible way and is particularly suitable for full-bodied sauces.

Origin: Italy

Pasta shape: Spaghetti

The wheat: 100% Italian: synonymous with absolute traceability and safe and close origins. 100% slow processing with gentle drawing and long drying: its organoleptic and sensory characteristics remain intact in this. 

Italian spaghetti at a glance:

• 100% wheat from Italy
• best quality - WITHOUT genetic manipulation
• handmade from the pasta factory
• rough surface structure
• pressed through bronze moulds

Spaghetti is a special pasta shape made exclusively from durum wheat semolina and water. It has a long, thin shape with a round cross-section. It differs from other similar shapes, such as vermicelli, because it is drawn with a smaller diameter.

Selected durum wheat and fresh spring water are processed into dough, which is then slowly pressed through bronze dies at low temperatures. The Italian pasta is then air-dried at low temperatures for up to 92 hours.

Why bronze pressing ? Drawing through bronze moulds is a very important phase in pasta making to obtain a good quality of the final product. Once the dough is made, it is drawn in the appropriate forming "dies". The dies are exclusively bronze tools that are used to give the pasta a rough surface by determining its shape. The dough is pressed against the die, which allows the dough to come out with the specific shapes thanks to shaped holes. During the extrusion phase, the bronze of the dies manages to retain the dough at the points of contact with the die itself. This creates micro-unevenness that allows the cooked pasta to easily capture and hold the sauce and seasonings. The increase in contact surface with the taste buds improves the flavour characteristics of the raw materials and preserves the typical aroma of wheat.

Why 100% Italian wheat ?

Pastificio Astorini's spaghetti is made from the best certified Italian durum wheat, which is grown in bronze and slowly dried. This enhances the flavour and aroma of the Italian durum wheat and preserves its organoleptic properties. Astorini produces Italian pasta with the voluntary product certification "100% Italian durum wheat", as it is made exclusively from durum wheat grown in Italy.

ASTORINO Pasta - the company: Astorino's company philosophy is characterised by absolute quality consciousness. By selecting the best raw materials available on the market and using the most modern technologies, Italian pasta with excellent visual, taste and organoleptic characteristics is produced.

The company follows an environmentally sustainable production policy and in 2012 built an eco-friendly photovoltaic plant with combined heat and power, which, together with the various thermal solar panels, helps to significantly reduce CO2 emissions into the environment.

From the very beginning, Astorino Pasta set itself the goal of introducing special elements into its production in order to recover ancient varieties of wheat that were grown in the area in the past and to obtain semolina from them for pasta production. Starting from this idea and taking into account biodiversity, which means greater respect for the environment, the pasta factory became part of a short chain project, with the aim of obtaining zero-kilometre products whose nutritional and organoleptic requirements are better than those of conventional production, guaranteeing the following values

Social value: as keepers of our tradition and healthy food;
Ecological value: as produced with sustainable methods;
Moral value: to promote social inclusion, respect for workers' rights and the fight against undeclared work;
Territorial value: respect and care for natural, cultural and typical local resources;
Economic value: economic and remunerative resource.
Ingredients:

* Durum wheat semolina (100% Italian durum wheat).
* Water

! Note: Contains gluten.

Average nutrients per 100gr

Calorific value 1480 kJ (350 kcal)
Carbohydrates 71,0 gr
thereof sugar 3,4 gr
Protein 13,0 gr
Fat 1,0 gr
*of which saturated fatty acids 0,2 gr
Salt 0,001 gr

Responsible food business operator: 
Astorino Pasta
Via Carlo Matteucci, 18,
88900 Crotone KR, Italy
Italy