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PASTA CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF GLOBAL POPULARITY ON WORLD PASTA DAY 2018

Oct 19, 2018 | 0 Comments

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 23, 2018 – On Thursday, Oct. 25, World Pasta Day will celebrate its 20th anniversary. Since its inception, pasta’s popularity has grown globally and continues to win over new fans daily. The city of Dubai will host World Pasta Day...

PASTA DOES NOT MAKE YOU FAT AND MAY EVEN HELP YOU LOOSE WEIGHT.

Aug 18, 2018 | 0 Comments

In a new study in the British Medical Journal, titled “Effect of pasta in the context of low-glycaemic index dietary patterns on body weight and markers of adiposity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials in adults,” researchers from...

SAVE THE DATE FOR THE 20TH ANNUAL WORLD PASTA DAY (DUBAI, 25 OCTOBER 2018)

Aug 17, 2018 | 0 Comments

At the World Pasta Congress held in Rome on the 25th day of October in 1995, pasta makers from around the world enthusiastically agreed that pasta – a healthy, delicious, popular, sustainable and convenient food – deserved annual worldwide recognition. Every year...

BEWARE OF SENSATIONAL HEADLINES – PASTA FITS INTO A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

Jul 17, 2018 | 0 Comments

From time to time, we see confusion about carbohydrate foods surfacing online despite scientific and nutrition experts’ clarifications. Remember: Not all carbohydrate foods are the same. As Oldways points out in this recent statement for the media, one more example is...

PASTA CONSUMPTION CONTINUES TO GROW WORLDWIDE

Jun 18, 2018 | 0 Comments

Buoyed by consumer attention to health and sustainability trends, worldwide pasta consumption is up for the second year in a row in 2017. Following a +2.3 percent increase in 2016, the industry is seeing a continued positive trend in global pasta sales of +0.6...