Our Story

1960

Leandro Mossa came as a guest worker from Italy to Germany.

1980

Unsatisfied with the quality of Tortellini available in Germany, Leandro Mossa started to produce original Italian pasta.

1990

Leandro Mossa started his own company under the name “LIHO”, which is an abbreviation of the first production site in Linkenheim-Hochstetten.

1992

Leandro's son Claudio joined the company. At that time, organic as well as conventional pasta was produced.

1998

The transition to an exclusively organic production took place.

2005

The name LIHO GmbH changed to Pasta Nuova GmbH and the well-known Pasta Nuova logo was created.

2010

The company and production site moved from Linkenheim-Hochstetten to its current location in nearby Graben-Neudorf.

2012

A new gnocchi machine was installed, which allowed the production of filled gnocchi specialities.

2017

Pasta Nuova is still growing. At the moment we have around 40 employees and are further investing to meet the rising demand.

Organic pasta made in Germany

Passion you can see and taste

Our organic pasta is produced exclusively in Germany, based on original Italian family recipes. To minimise our carbon footprint, we avoid long transport routes and produce as ressource-efficient and sustainable as possible. We offer vegetarian, vegan as well as gluten-free pasta.