Il Re della Pasta

Il Re della Pasta ("the king of pasta") is a pasta company in Gragnano, the town near Naples in Campania known for dry pasta. According to its official site, Il Re della Pasta srl was founded in 2013 by two young entrepreneurs with a passion for their town and its cooking, and in particular for Pasta di Gragnano. The pasta is produced and packed by Pastificio della Forma in Via dei Campi, Gragnano, which is listed among the members of the Pasta di Gragnano consortium.

The company names four principles: 100% Italian wheat (grown and milled in Italy), pure spring water, bronze dies and slow drying. The ingredients of its pasta are durum wheat semolina and water; the bronze dies give the porous surface typical of Gragnano pasta, which holds sauces well.

The range is split into Pasta Lunga – spaghetti, spaghettoni, spaghetti alla chitarra, linguine, bucatini, tagliatelle, pappardelle, mafaldine and long fusilli – and Pasta Corta, about 40 short shapes from penne and farfalle to mezzi paccheri, gigli and gnocchetti. Besides pasta the company sells tomato preserves, ready sauces, vegetables in jars and gift boxes, and its site tells the history of pasta making in Gragnano, the town of the maccaronari. All its pasta is dry durum wheat pasta.