“I had lost the desire to sow, even if there is no better land than our Tavoliere in Italy.
The Vallillos convinced me to insist, that they would take the wheat themselves because they were also about to set up a pasta factory.
They know where my lands are, what I sow, the fertilizer I put there and how much grain we get, and now they have decided to bring pasta made with our wheat all over the world.”
We fulfill a dream that comes from afar.
Fortunato and Lucia Vallillo grew up between Tavoliere and Daunia and could not resist the charm of the expanses of ears moved by the wind and the idea of transforming it into a pasta worthy of the name.
With the collaboration of the farmers in the area, Serracapriola wheat has entered a very short production chain, “from the farm to the table”.
It is a pure product, free of toxins and additives which – with the birth of the family pasta factory – attributes added value to an area that risked remaining “depressed”.
“I’m sorry for this mentality because these lands are perfect for olives and wheat, but it costs too much effort to earn what is necessary to keep the business going.
We needed someone to give a voice to our sacrifices and the Vallillos were the only ones who understood how important it is to earn a fair amount with your work and they gave us the confidence to persist in the fields, always improving, and some of us even have children who carry on the company.
If we farmers produce quality olives and wheat, things will always get better for everyone here in Serracapriola.”
Serracapriola
We boast a pasta with "zero" characteristics.
Do not abandon your land to contribute to its growth, aware of reviving Serracapriola from the shallows of a market with no apparent prospects: this is the goal of the new generations, daughters and grandchildren of local farmers.
Their fields are cultivated with highly protein grains, they grow well and give guarantees of tenacity to our pasta. This comes from the hands of a master pasta maker from Gragnano and is produced in our pasta factory, equipped with bronze dies.
Valillo pasta boasts total transparency through the geolocalisation of the product batch and the “zero cadmium, zero glyphosate and zero don” characteristics.
We present 8 shapes (5 short and 3 long) with a long cooking time, because – as every true chef demands – high quality pasta will never overcook!