A crisis cabinet meeting held on Thursday (11) by the government ended with a promise that prices will fall soon.
Pasta was not invented in Italy, but it is a fact that Italians have perfected and created new recipes with pasta, more precisely with “spaghetti”. Food has helped popularize Italian cuisine around the world.
But the price of pasta ended up on the table of the Competition and Market Authority, the body that regulates the prices of goods. The price of Italians’ favorite food has risen by almost 18% in just one year, double the inflation, currently at 8.3%. In the capital Rome, the government has summoned representatives of the sector to try to clarify the phenomenon.
Consumer associations accuse brands of being responsible for the increase in food prices. On the other hand, producers say the phenomenon is due to a number of factors, including high electricity prices, disruptions in the supply chain and inflation.
The crisis cabinet meeting held on Thursday (11) by the Italian government ended with a promise that pasta prices will fall soon. Authorities say they will continue to monitor the figures for “protect consumers”.
On average, in Italy, a pack of pasta costs around 2 euros (about R$ 11), a fairly affordable value for the population.
On social media, the question has become a joke. “It made me laugh. I know I shouldn’t but it’s funny that the price of pasta is the definition of an Italian government crisis.”said one Twitter user.
Professor of Food Studies at New York University, Fabio Parasecoli, explained that the issue is more complex than it might seem. According to him, the reaction of the Italian government can be seen “the symbolic, emotional and cultural value that pasta has for Italians”he said in an interview with the Washington Post.
Pasta is a staple in the Italian diet, essential for most of the nearly 60 million Italians. In the countryside, an adult consumes an average of 23 kilos of pasta a year.
The disparity in values also shocks consumers: the difference in price between the most expensive city and the cheapest one reaches 64.8%. The associations suspect that the producers resort to speculation to obtain greater profits from the sale.
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Source: Terra
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