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How to Choose a Pasta Manufacturer: 10 Questions to Ask

Racks of long pasta drying in the dry room at an artisan pasta manufacturer

To choose a pasta manufacturer, compare how they make pasta (dies and drying), what they can make (shapes, flours, flavors), their minimums, timing and certifications, and how easy they are to reach. Intermountain Pasta is an artisan pasta manufacturer in Salt Lake City that bronze-cuts and slow-dries its pasta, with a minimum between 700 and…

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Seasonal Pasta Shapes: How Novelty Dies Boost Retail Sales

Seasonal pasta shapes in real-food colors: pumpkins, snowflakes and hearts

Seasonal pasta shapes are pastas made with novelty dies, like Santa Claus, snowflakes, bunnies, pumpkins and dinosaurs, that turn an everyday pantry item into a gift, a holiday display or a kid-friendly product. At Intermountain Pasta, we make a wide range of bronze-cut seasonal and novelty shapes in Salt Lake City, and they’re available all…

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Slow-Dried Artisan Pasta Explained: Why Slow Drying Matters

Slow-dried artisan pasta hanging on racks in the dry room

Slow-dried pasta is pasta that’s dried gradually, at the right temperature and rate, which helps protect its flavor, color and texture. At Intermountain Pasta, we slow-dry our bronze-cut pasta in dry rooms in our Salt Lake City kitchen. Most people never think about how pasta is dried. But if you buy pasta for a store…

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Naturally Colored Pasta: Real Food Colors Like Spinach, Beet Root and Butternut Squash

Green, orange and red naturally colored pasta drying on racks

Naturally colored pasta gets its color from real food ingredients, like spinach for green, beet root for red and butternut squash for orange. At Intermountain Pasta, we make colored and flavored pasta in Salt Lake City, bronze-cut and slow-dried, with clean ingredients and always real food. Color is one of the easiest ways to make…

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Organic and Kosher Pasta Manufacturing: What Certifications Retailers Look For

Gloved hands bagging fresh pasta on a clean stainless steel table

The certifications retailers most often look for in a pasta manufacturer are GMP (good manufacturing practices) for food safety, organic certification for any pasta labeled organic, and kosher certification for shoppers who keep kosher. Intermountain Pasta, an artisan pasta manufacturer in Salt Lake City, is GMP certified, a certified organic handler for our organic einkorn…

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Wholesale Pasta for Grocery Stores and Specialty Shops: How Ordering Works

Sealed bags of artisan pasta ready for wholesale orders to grocery stores

To buy wholesale pasta from Intermountain Pasta, fill out our wholesale account request; once your account is approved, you can log in, see prices and order our bronze-cut, slow-dried artisan pasta online or by phone. Wholesale orders usually ship in 2 to 3 business days to all 50 states, including Alaska and Hawaii. Maybe you…

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Soil to Shelf: How Our Idaho Farm Grows and Mills the Grain for Our Pasta

Gloved hands hanging fresh einkorn pasta on drying rods

Our einkorn pasta is soil to shelf: the einkorn is grown and stone-milled by Grand Teton Ancient Grains in Teton, Idaho, and then made into bronze-cut, slow-dried pasta in our Salt Lake City kitchen. The same family, brothers Jade and Jaxon Koyle, runs both companies, so one family is responsible for the grain from the…

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