Barilla was founded in Parma in 1877 and, since then, it has always been Italian to the core. Barilla is Italian in its close relationship with its land, in its continuous quest for innovation in technologies, processes and products.

And it is profoundly Italian in the entrepreneurial spirit that has led it to become the world's largest pasta manufacturer. Only for a very short period of time, eight years in its long 140 years of life, the company was 'American'.