Pasta has become a traditional dish for many individuals across the world and reports depicts that Italian pasta is produced in Palermo,Sicily. The number of pasta consumers is increasing every day and only in united kingdom more than 155, 546, 902.5 kg pasta is consumed every year.
Reports say that Italy is the largest consumer of pasta and every year over 1, 572, 571, 546 kg of pasta is taken by the people in Italy. It is believed that excessive eating of pasta will release a chemical named serotonin and this chemical can be used to trigger positive feelings in the brain. Worldwide there are 600 shapes of pasta and two types of pasta that include pasta Asciutta( Secca) and Pasta Fresca.
According to survey conducted by the IPO, in Venezuela every year an individual intakes 13.0 kg of pasta, in Tunisia people eat 10.4 kg of pasta per year and on an average 8.0 kg of pasta is taken by a person residing in different states of France.