Foodies furious as a well-loved Pasta Brand discontinues small star-Shaped Comfort food Pastina

“This is #RonzoniGate.

Ronzoni under fire for dropping one of its most popular products pasta shapes: Pastina.

This small, star-shaped pasta is known as the star The soup The pasta manufacturer that makes household pasta will no longer produce the Italian penicillin, a dish often referred to as “Italian Penicillin”.

“We appreciate Ronzoni Pastina’s love and support. We regret to announce the discontinuation of Ronzoni Pastina after much effort,” the official statement was shared on both. Instagram And Twitter The company noted that “This was not an easy decision to take.”

The brand stated that Ronzoni representatives were informed by their “long-term supplier”, that they will no longer be producing tiny star-shaped macaroni. January 2023.

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According to the statement, “We looked hard for an alternative solution, but could not find one that would allow us to make Pastina with the same loved small size, shape, and standards that you have come to expect of Ronzoni.” “We made the difficult decision to discontinue the product.

The statement concluded by a few words of hope: “Your passion about Ronzoni fuels my passion to deliver.” We’re not giving up. However, as of today, Ronzoni Pastina is no longer available to our customers. We are grateful for your understanding and trust in Ronzoni Pastina.

Ronzoni made a reference to the possibility that the discontinued product may eventually return to shelves. However, the fans are quite upset at their current loss.

One Instagram user is too heartbroken to eat their lost box, joking, “I’m putting my last box in a glass case and framing it in my living room.”

“Boycotting all Ronzoni Products until they bring Back Pastina,” tweeted a disgruntled customer. “You are killing the memories and childhoods of our Italian grandmothers”

“Big mistake, HUGE,” declared another.

“Every #ItalianAmerican must boycott @ronzonipasta because of their traitorous abandonment #pastina – The Italian penicillin one more tweeted.

Some took this opportunity to vent their anger at Ronzoni, venting all their frustrations over recent changes in the pasta company’s menu in the comments.

“Listen, @ronzonipasta. You don’t tweet for 3 years then you drop this on everyone? What’s up with the smaller Rigatoni No. 27? Fusilli discontinue? Where’s all the Tubettini and Alphabets? Are you even aware that there are #PastaWars? Don’t make excuses. This is #RonzoniGate” shared by another person along with reference photos of the pasta.

“First they cancelled Tubettini …….now he cancels Pastina ……” someone else sneered.

Some others, however, chose to stick with other pasta brands that still supply the mini macaroni.

One tweet said, “Glad that my mom bought Barilla, a pasta brand Italian American moms can trust when their kids get home sick from school.” user quipped.

The passive-aggressiveness continued, with someone else tweeting, “Headed to Barilla if y’all can’t deliver pastina when we want it, Ronzoni. Discontinuing?! Really disappointing …..@BarillaUS @barillagroup thank you, Barilla!!!! Barilla!

Then came the memes–which included the likes of The Sopranos, Ronzoni’s competition, The Golden Girls and more–which you can check out below!