Semolina Artisanal Pasta introduces its first-to-market upcycled pasta for consumers and chefs
BERKELEY, CA – August 18, 2021 – ReGrained is excited to announce the launch of a new premium pasta product by Semolina Artisanal Pasta. Featuring the company’s flagship upcycled flour ingredient, SuperGrain+®, the new pasta is available to consumers and foodservice operators. It is the latest food maker collaboration for ReGrained’s food innovation platform, Upcycled Food Lab.
The new upcycled pasta, Strozzapreti, is a natural complement to the current Semolina Artisanal Pasta product line-up and strengthens its commitment to sustainably-sourced ingredients. Versions of Strozzapreti have long been made across Italy using various flours available in a given region, even potatoes or stale bread. The scroll-like pasta is a contemporary twist on this tradition by blending the company’s signature durum semolina pasta with ReGrained SuperGrain+®, a unique and nutritious flour made from brewer’s spent grain (BSG) from California breweries. The upcycled Strozzapreti boasts Semolina Artisanal Pasta’s beloved toothy texture and a wonderful malty flavor from SuperGrain+® while offering 3-times the fiber of traditional whole grain flours. But what makes this collaboration special are shared company values to promote a more sustainable food system.
“Flavor and texture are everything to me, and I just love the nutty, toasted flavor that SuperGrain+® adds without compromising toothiness,” says Leah Ferrazzani, Founder & Chief Pastaia at Semolina Artisanal Pasta, “I’m excited to offer this new pasta in my product range.”
The new pasta will be available for wholesale (retail, foodservice) customers and direct-to-consumer purchase by October.
SuperGrain+® was the first of many ingredients developed by ReGrained for food manufacturers and foodservice operators. Collaborating with these partners in its Upcycled Food Lab, ReGrained is the go-to upcycled food innovation platform for companies around the world.
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About ReGrained
ReGrained is the leading food upcycling technology and ingredient platform. ReGrained deploys patented technology and culinary science to rescue healthy food and craft delicious, versatile, better-for-you ingredients and products. Their flagship ingredient, ReGrained SuperGrain+Ⓡ, elevates the tens of billions of pounds of de-sugared, sprouted ancient grains created annually by the brewing industry. ReGrained SuperGrain+Ⓡ is a versatile, economical and environmentally friendly grain powder rich in plant protein, dietary fiber and prebiotics. Food companies around the world partner with ReGrained’s Upcycled Food Lab to power their next generation of product innovations. ReGrained is a proudly certified Public Benefit Corporation and 1% For The Planet member, and cofounder of the Upcycled Food Association. Learn more at UpcycledFoods.com
About Semolina Artisanal Pasta
Semolina Artisanal Pasta is a woman-owned and operated pastaficio founded by Leah Ferrazzani in Los Angeles, California. Semolina Artisanal Pasta specializes in traditional, bronze die extruded fresh and slow-dried pastas for home cooks and chefs alike using American-grown durum semolina. Committed to the community and the environment, Semolina Artisanal Pasta strives to minimize waste—from mill to kitchen—and is excited to be collaborating with ReGrained to keep grains from going to waste. The company also works with local organizations including No Us Without You, Stars and Bracken’s Kitchen, among others, to ensure that no family goes hungry.