Union Food: World Pasta Day, 1 in 4 dishes in the world is Italian, and in 25 years exports increased by 210%

Published 2023년 10월 19일

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World Pasta Day is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and the pasta industry has seen significant growth over the years. Italy remains the top producer and consumer of pasta, with 1.3 million tonnes consumed domestically in 2022. Pasta exports from Italy have also tripled in the past 25 years, with Germany, the United Kingdom, France, the United States, and Japan being the top importers. Italians' love for pasta shows no signs of slowing down, with over half of Italians eating pasta every day and a predicted increase in consumption in the future. Additionally, Italians are open to consuming pasta for breakfast and as a snack, as long as there is high quality and taste. Sustainability, tradition, and accessibility are the three keywords that everyone in the industry agrees upon for the future of pasta.

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World Pasta Day turns 25. From 1998 to today, pasta has won its global challenge on multiple fronts. According to data processed by the Unione Italiana Food and IPO - International Pasta Organisation, world production today is close to 17 million tonnes (+1.8% on 2021), almost doubling the 9 million in 1998. With two constants: today as then , Italy is first in the world in the ranking of producing countries, with 3.6 million tonnes in 2022 (+3.2% on 2021) and a turnover of almost 7 billion euros (+24.3% on 2021 ). Italy is also the country that eats the most (with 23kg per capita per year, ahead of Tunisia with 17kg and Venezuela with 12kg), with a total of 1.3 million tonnes consumed in 2022: the 25th % of the pasta consumed in the world and 75% consumed in Europe are produced by an Italian pasta factory. Numbers aside, a lot has changed in these 25 years: pasta has evolved, consumer awareness of it has increased, it has been reinterpreted and adapted to new lifestyles. On the ...

Source: Agricolae