{
  "id": 15712881,
  "title": "Food: Pasta mostly comes from Italy in Europe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/lebensmittel-nudeln-kommen-in-europa-meist-aus-italien",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-20T06:40:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/lebensmittel-nudeln-kommen-in-europa-meist-aus-italien/100263437.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Italy is the largest pasta producer in the European Union, producing 4.2 million tonnes in 2025, accounting for 69% of the EU's total production of 6.1 million tonnes. Spain and Germany follow with 379,000 tonnes and 304,000 tonnes respectively. Germany's production increased from 290,000 tonnes the previous year, with egg noodles remaining a specialty, making up 46% of production. In contrast, only 17% of Italy's pasta and 2% of Spain's contain eggs. The production of German egg noodles has decreased by over a quarter in ten years.",
  "summary": "Almost seven out of ten noodles produced in the EU come from Italy. But when it comes to eggs in pasta, Germany still ticks a little differently.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}