This is the story... of Gragnano pasta.

Gragnano, Campania, at the time of the Romans, already boasted a wheat milling activity with mills located along the banks of the Vernotico stream. In the 16th century, the "vermicellai" corporation was established in Naples, Campania, among which was also a pasta factory from Gragnano. After the famine in the Kingdom of Naples in the 17th century, the consumption of pasta increased, fundamental for its nutritional properties and low cost, due to the invention of bronze drawing.

Artisanal Gragnano Pasta: A Historic Date

An important date to remember is July 12, 1845, the year in which Ferdinand II of Bourbon expressed a desire to feed his court with long pasta from Gragnano. Until that moment, dried pasta was considered a food for the poor, as it could be stored for a long time and the raw materials were easily available.

The beginning of the 1800s marked the peak of the milling industry in Gragnano, years in which Via Roma was redesigned to be more functional for the drying of food pasta. The paintings and photographs depicting the famous street during the drying of pasta are numerous and historically interesting. They portray the structures on which vermicelli or ziti were dried, made of bamboo canes.

In the 20th century, however, we saw a regression in production due to the competitiveness of companies from northern Italy. Since then, the Gragnano pasta factories with their artisanal pasta makers have focused on increasing the quality and variety of their products [discover all the formats of Gragnano pasta] and bringing excellence to your homes.

Gragnano Pasta: 3 Contents + 1 Rare Find

Discovered the first steps of Gragnano pasta, here are three contents to better understand this Campanian excellence.

1. Gragnano Pasta and Pacchetella: The 2 P's of Taste from Campania

How could you not try this superb pasta with sauces of exceptional quality?
Pair Gragnano pasta with the Piennolo tomato from Vesuvio DOP and some fresh basil leaves! The best of Italian food. A simple, tasty, and easy-to-prepare dish.

2. Gragnano Pasta: Neapolitan Authenticity in the Best-Selling Formats

If it’s not from Gragnano, what pasta is it? We could borrow a well-known Italian advertising slogan to describe this Italian gastronomic miracle. We wanted it at all costs, we chose it from many proposals and we wanted the pasta factory to be the Mulino di Gragnano, because its pasta carries historical and traditional values that many other brands have now lost...

3. History of Gragnano Pasta, the Queen of Italian Cuisine

The Pasta di Gragnano is a centuries-old product, considered the quintessential representative of Italian culinary culture. Renowned even abroad, the pasta di Gragnano brings history, tradition, and taste to the table.
Restaurateurs and food lovers know well that Gragnano Pasta is...

4. Il Mulino di Gragnano: Pasta for the Love of Tradition

Il Mulino di Gragnano was born from the dream of five young people: Alfredo, Luigi, Agostino, Francesca, and Raffaele who, after meeting at the Parish of San Leone di Gragnano, shared their passion for tradition and for the typical product of the place, that is the artisanal pasta...

5. Gragnano Pasta Loves Fresh Vegetables!

We should enroll it in the Unesco list as a Heritage of Humanity.
The Gragnano pasta brings so many emotions to those who know it. We know it and in this content, we have also written its history for its quality with typical Italian sauces or with precious pureed tomatoes from the most authentic varieties...