Article: Revival al dente: pasta is making a comeback, and the accent is on an increasing variety of shapes and sizes combined with a new nutritional punch.(CENTER STORE)

THE PASTA INDUSTRY HAS ONE WORD OF ADVICE FOR ALL OF THOSE LOW-CARB DIET AFICIONADOS OUT THERE: MANGIA!

That's because pasta is back with a vengeance. The category took a clobbering when the Atkins craze hit about three years ago; sales plummeted some 6% as consumers avoided carbs and replaced them with proteins. However, consumption is now inching back up, aided by industry consolidation, a variety of different cuts and the introduction of better-for-you products.

"The Atkins thing is now behind us, but what Atkins did was to get people to look at ingredient statements and nutrition values," says Jerry Dear, executive vice president of American Italian ...

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