The most popular product consumed worldwide is pasta, the prettiest processed form of flour. The most well-known pasta varieties are fusilli, spaghetti, and penne. Pasta enriched with products such as tomato, tomato paste, cream, or vegetables is produced in a variety of ways. Although the homeland of pasta is known as Italy, the whole world learned about pasta with the Industrial Revolution. Turkey, which has a rich infrastructure in flour, has had a remarkable position in pasta production and export over the years.
The capacity of 26 plants producing pasta in Turkey is 2 million 800 thousand tons as per the data for 2021. With a total export of 1 million 370 thousand tons in 2022, the sector sold 731 thousand tons of goods to African nations. Asian nations came in third with 98 thousand tons, South American nations came in second with 218 thousand tons, and Middle Eastern nations came in fourth with 64 thousand tons. 18.000 tons of pasta were shipped to nations in the European Union last year.