America Rediscovers Pasta: ; Demand for Noodle Dishes Grows As Economy Droops

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - As struggling consumers turn to casseroles, soup, pasta salad and good old macaroni and cheese to stretch their food dollars, the nation's pasta makers are returning to a rolling boil after many years overshadowed by the low-carbohydrate fad.

Sales of pasta products in the United States - including frozen and refrigerated pasta, canned pasta, soup mixes and prepared dinners - rose 5 percent last year to $6.4 billion, according to Kansas City-based American Italian Pasta Co., the nation's largest manufacturer of dry pasta.

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America Rediscovers Pasta: ; Demand for Noodle Dishes Grows As Economy Droops

Most of that increase came as manufacturers passed along a stiff jump...

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