Italian durum wheat

Italy is the only country in the world where it has regulated the production of pasta by giving the specifics of raw materials and production.
The secret of the worldwide success of made in Italy pasta is due precisely to this law (Law 580/67), the only legislation in the world that guarantees consumers by establishing the quality specifications and characteristics of the wheat to be used for its production.
If even one of these specificities is not respected, the wheat is not suitable for pasta making and the pasta cannot be made in Italy and marketed in the Italian territory.
Italian pasta made in Italy is the only one in the world that by law must be made only of durum wheat or ancient grains such as senatore cappelli or spelled.

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