New World Pasta

{{Short description|American pasta manufacturer}} {{Infobox company | name = New World Pasta Corporation | logo = Logo of New World Pasta Corporation | caption = | trading_name =  | native_name =  | romanized = | type = Corporation | traded_as = | industry = | fate = Brands sold to Barilla, TreeHouse Foods, and Post Holdings | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = ({{Start date and age|1999|01|27}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.corporations.pa.gov/search/corpsearch|title=Search Business Entity|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of State|access-date=2020-03-14|archive-date=2020-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820235542/https://www.corporations.pa.gov/search/corpsearch|url-status=dead}}</ref> | founder = | defunct = 2021 | location_city = Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | location_country = U.S. | locations = 5 | area_served = North America | key_people = Bastiaan de Zeeuw (CEO) | products = Pasta, Noodle | production = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161219113720/http://www.newworldpasta.com/|title=Official Website}} | footnotes = | intl = | bodystyle = }} The '''New World Pasta Company''', a wholly owned subsidiary of Ebro Foods,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.bestretailandfoodpractices.com/2011/12/new-world-pasta/ | title=New World Pasta | date=2011-12-21 | publisher=Retail & Food Best Practices | access-date=2020-03-14}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> was a retail branded pasta manufacturer<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=105502 | title=Company Overview of New World Pasta Company | date=2016-03-05 | publisher=BusinessWeek | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306033124/http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=105502 | archive-date=2016-03-06 | url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://progressivegrocer.com/new-world-pasta-files-bankruptcy | title=New World Pasta Files for Bankruptcy | date=2004-12-05 | access-date=2020-03-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2004-05-10-pasta-bankruptcy_x.htm | title=New World Pasta files for bankruptcy | date=2004-12-05 | publisher=USA Today | access-date=2020-03-14}}</ref> In 2006 it was acquired by Ebro Puleva S.A., a food company based in Spain.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2006/06/07/afx2798551.html | title=Ebro Puleva to buy US, Canada's new world pasta for 362.5 mln usd UPDATE | date=7 June 200 | work=Forbes | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501141231/http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2006/06/07/afx2798551.html | archive-date=2010-05-01 | url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ebrofoods.es/en/news/ebro-puleva-will-acquire-new-world-pasta-leader-in-pasta-in-the-usa-and-canada-06-06/ | title=Ebro Puleva will acquire New World Pasta, leader in pasta in the USA and Canada | date=2006-06-07 | publisher=Ebro Foods | access-date=2020-03-14}}</ref>

As part of Ebro Puleva, New World Pasta acquired Strom Products in 2012, including the No Yolks and Wacky Mac brands.<ref name="prnewswire">{{Cite web | url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-world-pasta-buys-strom-products-no-yolks-and-wacky-mac-dry-pasta-brands-and-assets-135991348.html | title=New World Pasta Buys Strom Products' No Yolks® and Wacky Mac® Dry Pasta Brands and Assets | date=2011-12-21 | publisher=PR Newswire | quote=New World Pasta is the largest branded pasta manufacturer in North America with leading brands [...] | access-date=2020-03-14}}</ref>

Effective January 1, 2017, American Rice, Inc., and New World Pasta Company merged into Riviana Foods Inc.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2016/12/14/spain-based-food-co-to-combine-brands-into-houston.html | title=Spain-based food co. to combine brands into Houston-based business | author=Olivia Pulsinelli | date=2016-12-14 | publisher=Houston Business Journal | access-date=2020-03-14}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 5, 2001 |title=TreeHouse wraps Riviana pasta deal |url=https://www.bakingbusiness.com/articles/52527-treehouse-wraps-riviana-pasta-deal |website=Baking Business| access-date=October 14, 2021}}</ref> This was followed by the sale of the Catelli and Lancia brands to Barilla on February 1, 2021,<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 1, 2021 |title=Barilla Group announces acquisition of Catelli dry pasta |url=https://www.barillagroup.com/en/press-room/press-releases/barilla-acquires-catelli-dry-pasta/ |website=Barilla |access-date=October 14, 2021}}</ref> and the flagship Ronzoni brand to Post Holdings on March 30, 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 30, 2021 |title=Post Holdings to Buy Ronzoni Pasta |url=https://www.foodprocessing.com/industrynews/2021/post-holdings-to-buy-ronzoni-pasta/ |website=Food Processing |access-date=October 14, 2021}}</ref>

==Former brands== ===United States=== [[File:DEMACO Predryer and Clermont Dryer at Ronzoni Macaroni.jpg|thumb|right|Three dry pasta lines making spaghetti at the Ronzoni Macaroni Company factory in New York, {{Circa|1960}}]]

====Sold to Post Holdings==== *'''Ronzoni''' - The flagship brand of New World Pasta, available in Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Washington.

====Sold to TreeHouse Foods==== *'''American Beauty''' - Available in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. *'''Creamette''' - Available in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Acquired from Borden in 2001. thumb|right|Creamette Company historic headquarters in Minneapolis *'''Light 'n Fluffy''' - Available in all states east of the Mississippi River. *'''No Yolks''' - Available nationwide. *'''Prince''' - Available in Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Acquired from Borden in 2001. *'''San Giorgio''' - Available in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. *'''Skinner''' - Available in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. *'''Wacky Mac''' - Available nationwide, sold exclusively at Walmart stores as of 2015.

===Canada (sold to Barilla)=== [[File:Usine Catelli de Montréal.jpg|thumb|Catelli factory in the port of Montreal]] *'''Catelli''' - Acquired from Borden in 2001. Replaced Ronzoni name in Canada since October 13, 2013. *'''Lancia''' - Acquired from Borden in 2001.

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==External links== * {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161219113720/http://www.newworldpasta.com/|title=Official Website}}

Category:American pasta companies Category:Companies based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Category:1999 establishments in Pennsylvania Category:2021 disestablishments in Pennsylvania