The wheat in Organico pasta is grown as lovingly and intelligently as possible from before the seed is even planted! Organico\'s pasta is made from only 100% hard Italian durum wheat that gives good pasta its name. The dough is mixed using a local mountain spring water and the shapes are formed using bronze plates which leaves a rougher surface ideal to help the sauce stick. The pasta is dried very slowly to maintain its nutritional quality and character, mimicking the sun-drying of old. Grower-Maker - made in the Marché region by a pioneer organic co-operative founded in the 1970’s by an organic visionary who wanted to bring culture and jobs back to the hills and valleys of Isola del Piano Bronze dye extruded - Traditional method used to create a rough texture for sauce to stick to. Organic - Real ingredients grown the natural way, with organic quality that starts from the soil