New World Pasta

New World Pasta Corporation
Company typeCorporation
Founded(January 27, 1999; 25 years ago (1999-01-27))[1]
Defunct2021
FateBrands sold to Barilla, TreeHouse Foods, and Post Holdings
Headquarters
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
,
U.S.
Number of locations
5
Area served
North America
Key people
Bastiaan de Zeeuw (CEO)
ProductsPasta, Noodle
WebsiteOfficial Website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-12-19)

The New World Pasta Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ebro Foods,[2] was a retail branded pasta manufacturer[3] headquartered in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The company was formed in 1999 when the Hershey Company's pasta business was divested to a private equity group. After its formation, New World Pasta acquired the four remaining brands of Borden's pasta business in July 2001 that the American Italian Pasta Company had not purchased a month earlier (Prince, Creamette, Catelli, and Lancia). New World Pasta declared bankruptcy in 2004.[4][5] In 2006 it was acquired by Ebro Puleva S.A., a food company based in Spain.[6][7]

As part of Ebro Puleva, New World Pasta acquired Strom Products in 2012, including the No Yolks and Wacky Mac brands.[8]

Effective January 1, 2017, American Rice, Inc., and New World Pasta Company merged into Riviana Foods Inc.[9]

On November 5, 2020, it was announced that the American Beauty, Creamette, Light 'n Fluffy, No Yolks, Prince, San Giorgio, Skinner, and Wacky Mac brands would be sold to TreeHouse Foods.[10] This was followed by the sale of the Catelli and Lancia brands to Barilla on February 1, 2021,[11] and the flagship Ronzoni brand to Post Holdings on March 30, 2021.[12]

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  11. ^ "Barilla Group announces acquisition of Catelli dry pasta". Barilla. February 1, 2021. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  12. ^ "Post Holdings to Buy Ronzoni Pasta". Food Processing. March 30, 2021. Retrieved October 14, 2021.