The world’s first pasta savoury snack

Italian food is the most popular foreign food in the UK, above Chinese, French and Indian. 47% of British households eat pasta, and now Pastinos brings true convenience to this popular and growing sector.

Pastinos is made from 100% pasta and is fried and seasoned with a range of Italian flavours totally new to the Premium snack category. Originale, Sicilian Lemon and Black Pepper, Tomato and Basil, Arrabbiata and Chianti and Olive.

The proprietors of Martorana snacks, the Company behind Pastinos, Guiseppe (Joe) Martorana and Chef Roberto Perini decided to bring to fruition, months of discussions about an idea of Roberto’s. “I had a vision five years ago” says Perini, “the most famous Italian food is pasta, wouldn’t it be great if you could eat pasta while cycling, walking, running or in fact eat pasta anywhere.”

Both men have a real passion for Italian food and both come from a traditional Italian family background. Joe, a successful businessman born in Sicily is also a restaurateur and has fond memories of his early years with his family, “Food was always central to our family, and in typical Italian tradition was quite simple really, but always used the finest ingredients. I wanted this concept to become inherent to our range of pasta snacks, we insisted we used all natural ingredients in the making of Pastinos.”