The Barilla brand was born in Parma, Italy, in 1877, when Pietro Barilla senior opened his bread and pasta shop.
By its respect for tradition, adherence to long-standing yet ever-valid principles, attention to the quality standards of ingredients and finished products, combined with its use of cutting-edge production technology, Barilla is today one of the most widely recognised names for Italian excellence. All over the world, the Barilla brand name represents the finest of Italian cooking, thanks to a vast range of products that go from pasta, in its most traditional and special shapes and sizes, to filled pasta, pasta sauces, pastries and savoury baked products.
To make its pasta, Barilla uses only a mixture of the finest durum wheat, specially selected to assure the very best results for each pasta shape, whether spaghetti or rigatoni - cooked "al dente" every time. But Barilla pasta is not only semolina pasta; by adding eggs to durum wheat semolina, Barilla also creates a complete line of egg pasta, from lasagne through to tagliatelle.
Then when fine sheets of egg pasta embrace a filling made from simple ingredients, the result is Barilla filled pasta: tortellini and tortelloni. To ensure that the Italian first course is enjoyed to its fullest, Barilla also produces a wide range of delectable pasta sauces, from the simplest to the most refined, ready in an instant.
Barilla's dedication to good food continues through to its pastries, in a rich selection of products w
