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The New World Pasta Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Ebro Foods Ebro Foods, S.A. (; ), formerly Ebro Puleva, is a Spanish food processing company. Ebro Foods is the world's largest producer of rice and the second biggest producer of pasta (its Panzani brand is a market leader in France). The company's head offi ...
, was a retail branded pasta manufacturer in North America. New World Pasta headquarters was in
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. The company was formed in 1999 when
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's pasta business was divested to a private equity group. After its formation, New World Pasta acquired the four remaining brands of Borden's pasta business in July 2001 that the
American Italian Pasta Company American Italian Pasta Company (AIPC) was a pasta manufacturing company with corporate offices in Kansas City, Missouri, and plants in Excelsior Springs, Missouri; Columbia, South Carolina; Tolleson, Arizona; and Verolanuova, Italy. APIC was acqu ...
had not purchased a month earlier (Prince, Creamette, Catelli, and Lancia). New World Pasta declared bankruptcy in 2004. In 2006 it was acquired by Ebro Puleva S.A., a food company based in Spain. As part of Ebro Puleva, New World Pasta acquired
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in 2012, including the No Yolks and Wacky Mac brands. Effective January 1, 2017, American Rice, Inc., and New World Pasta Company merged into Riviana Foods Inc. On November 5, 2020, it was announced that the American Beauty, Creamette, Light 'n Fluffy, No Yolks, Prince, San Giorgio, Skinner, and Wacky Mac brands would be sold to TreeHouse Foods. This was followed by the sale of the Catelli and Lancia brands to Barilla on February 1, 2021, and the flagship Ronzoni brand to Post Holdings on March 30, 2021.


Former brands


United States


Sold to Post Holdings

*Ronzoni - The flagship brand of New World Pasta, available in Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Washington.


Sold to TreeHouse Foods

*American Beauty - Available in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. *Creamette - Available in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Acquired from Borden in 2001. *Light 'n Fluffy - Available in all states east of the Mississippi River. *No Yolks - Available nationwide. *Prince - Available in Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Acquired from Borden in 2001. *San Giorgio - Available in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. *Skinner - Available in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. *Wacky Mac - Available nationwide, sold exclusively at
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stores as of 2015.


Canada (sold to Barilla)

*Catelli - Acquired from Borden in 2001. Replaced Ronzoni name in Canada since October 13, 2013. *Lancia - Acquired from Borden in 2001.


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* American pasta companies Companies based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 1999 establishments in Pennsylvania 2021 disestablishments in Pennsylvania {{food-company-stub