Pastificio Gentile
A Gragnano pasta maker whose brand dates from 1876, owned by the Zampino family and producing Pasta di Gragnano PGI.
Pastificio Gentile is a pasta maker in Gragnano, Campania. The name Gentile dates from 1876 and comes from the owners of that time. In the 1980s the Zampino family bought the brand, and it still runs the business. The company stresses its ties to Campania and to Gragnano, the "city of pasta", where it says all production takes place.
At first the pasta maker Natale Zampino concentrated on a single shape, hand-made fusilli: the dough is wound around a thin metal rod (ferretto) and dried slowly. As the business grew, other long and short shapes followed.
Today the core of the range is Pasta di Gragnano PGI, a dry durum wheat pasta. The official site stresses Italian grain, and for the wholegrain range it mentions bronze dies and slow natural drying by the company's own "Cirillo method".
The ranges are Pasta di Gragnano IGP (spaghetti, spaghetti alla chitarra, linguine, bucatini, tagliatelle, pappardelle, mafalde, long ziti, manicotti, lasagne and fusilli) and Pasta Integrale Biologica, an organic wholegrain pasta. Besides pasta, Gentile sells organic stone-milled durum wheat semolina from southern Italy, tomato preserves, olive oil and baked goods, and has its own farm and shop in Gragnano.
Facts
| Year founded | 1876 |
|---|---|
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Campania (Gragnano) |
| House range | Pasta di Gragnano IGP, Pasta Integrale Biologica |
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- What it contains
- Semolina
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- Pasta di Gragnano
Frequently asked questions
How old is the Gentile brand?
The Gentile name dates from 1876; the Zampino family bought the brand in the 1980s.
Does Gentile make Pasta di Gragnano PGI?
Yes, the official site presents its main pasta range as Pasta di Gragnano I.G.P.
Which shape did the Zampino family start with?
Hand-made fusilli, wound on a metal rod and dried slowly.
What to read next
- Semolina — Coarse, yellowish meal ground from durum wheat: the main raw material of dry pasta.
- Pasta di Gragnano — Dry pasta with an EU protected geographical indication: durum wheat semolina and water, bronze dies, made only in Gragnano near Naples.
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