Cibo di Italia is a brand owned and built by Bagason Group. The pasta is milled and packed under contract by a long-standing specialist manufacturer; we hold them to the same hygiene, traceability and cooking-quality bar any premium co-packer would. Country of origin is printed on every pack.
The wheat
Our Classic and Whole-Wheat ranges are made from durum wheat - the hard wheat used by serious pasta makers around the world. Durum gives pasta its bite and its colour; semolina from soft wheat just doesn't hold shape the same way. We source from a long-standing miller, with every lot tested for protein, moisture and ash before it's accepted into the line.
The Gluten-Free range is a maize-and-rice blend, with no shared equipment for the line on its production days. We had a third-party laboratory certify the line gluten-free in 2026.
The mill
Pasta-grade semolina is a coarser grind than baking flour, with a tighter window on particle size — too fine and the pasta cooks unevenly; too coarse and it doesn't bind. Our miller runs a granulometer on every batch and adjusts the roller gap to keep the semolina inside the spec window we publish to retail partners.
We dry our pasta at controlled humidity over several hours rather than a flash-drying line. The trade-off is throughput, but the pay-off is that the surface stays rough enough for sauce to grip, and the noodle is less brittle on the supermarket shelf.
Packaging
Our 500g and 300g packs are paper-and-LDPE laminate. The paper face is sourced FSC-certified, and the laminate is the lightest gauge we can run without losing the moisture barrier — pasta stales fast if the pack lets vapour in. We are testing a recyclable monomaterial pouch for 2027.
Halal & certifications
Every Cibo di Italia SKU is Halal certified by bodies. The production site holds ISO 22000 and HACCP. The Gluten-Free range is additionally certified by an independent third-party gluten-free body, with line cleaning and product testing on every production day.
Water
Pasta production uses water — for the dough, for cleaning, for cooling the dryer. Our miller has been running a closed-loop cooling system since 2022, which cut water draw by roughly 40% compared to the previous open-loop arrangement.
The people
The mill and the packing line are staffed by full-time employees, not seasonal contractors. Bagason's procurement team audits the site twice a year — health & safety, working hours, contracts.
What we don't put on the pack
We hold the line on three categories of language even though the brand name might invite them: geographic-origin claims, heritage-craft claims, and specialised production claims. Cibo di Italia is owned by Bagason Group; the pasta is produced at industrial scale by a long-standing specialist manufacturing partner. The product earns its place on the family table by cooking well — not by borrowing a provenance story it cannot back up. The country of origin is printed on every pack — we'd rather under-claim and over-deliver than the other way around.
Questions or comments?
We'd rather hear them. Mail info@bagason.com or use the contact page — we read everything and reply within two working days.