American Pasta vs. Italian Pasta: Does the Wheat Matter?

By |2026-09-15T06:07:05+00:00September 15th, 2026|

Walk into an American grocery store and look at the pasta aisle. There are hundreds of choices. But here's a question most people don't ask: What exactly is in the pasta you're buying—and where did the wheat come from? Traditional Italian dry pasta is commonly produced from durum wheat semolina, a hard wheat particularly well [...]