What Pastas Roma does

Pastas Roma (legal entity Roma Prince) is a privately held Costa Rican food manufacturer headquartered in Alajuela, Alajuela, that produces Italian-style dried pasta and complementary pantry products. The core manufacturing process uses Durum Wheat (Trigo Durum) as the base raw material and applies traditional Italian pasta-making techniques to produce a range of shapes including Spaghetti, Lasagna, Macarrones, Caracolitos, Plumas, Tallarines, and Tornillos, plus specialty variants such as gluten-free pasta, tricolor pasta, kids mini-pastas, and Gnocchi. The portfolio extends beyond dried pasta into tomato-based sauces, pesto, specialty cooking sauces, and a range of olive oils (extra virgin plus garlic, basil, and chili flavors), as well as the Prince premium sub-brand offering flavored pastas with incorporated sauces such as Cheddar, Broccoli, Carbonara, and Tomato & Basil.

The company operates with approximately 28 employees and sells exclusively into the Costa Rican market through retail grocery and supermarket distribution. There is no disclosed B2B revenue concentration, no app or e-commerce platform, and no parent company. Marketing is executed primarily through a content-led model: an owned website featuring 800+ recipes, cooking tips, and health-education content, and an active TikTok presence (@pastasroma) used for recipe sharing and community engagement.

Revenue is generated through packaged-goods sales across three streams: pasta, sauces, and olive oils, with no pricing disclosed publicly and no subscription, licensing, or transaction-fee component. Customer mix is weighted toward retail households and families with secondary exposure to food service and hospitality, plus health-conscious consumers attracted by the nutritional positioning (iron, thiamine, niacin, riboflavin, folic acid per serving). The company is independently owned, with no venture capital, private equity, or institutional investor ownership evidenced in the source material.

Name

Pastas Roma

Legal name

Roma Prince

Website

https://pastasroma.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Pastas Roma is a Costa Rican pasta manufacturer that produces Italian-style dried pasta from Durum Wheat, plus complementary sauces and olive oils, distributed through Costa Rican retail grocery channels to households, food-service operators, and health-conscious consumers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Dried Pasta Manufacturing

NAICS

Dry Pasta, Dough, and Flour Mixes Manufacturing from Purchased Flour (311824), Mayonnaise, Dressing, and Other Prepared Sauce Manufacturing (311941)

SIC

Food And Kindred Products (2000), Canned, Frozen & Preservd Fruit, Veg & Food Specialties (2030)

akta.pro primary industry

Pasta Manufacturing (dry, fresh, filled) (AFAKABAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Pesto, Cooking Pastes & Concentrated Flavor Bases Manufacturing (AFAKADAN), Salad Dressings & Vinaigrettes Manufacturing (AFAKADAC), International & Ethnic Packaged Foods (CRADAAAG)

Keywords

• Dried pasta manufacturing
• Italian-style pasta products
• Durum wheat pasta
• Pasta sauces and olive oil
• Packaged food production

Headquarters

HQ city

Not specified

HQ country

Costa Rica

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Pasta Sales: Pastas Roma manufactures and sells a wide variety of pasta products including Spaghetti, Lasagna, Macarrones, Caracolitos, Plumas, Tallarines, and Tornillos. Revenue is generated through retail distribution of packaged pasta products to consumers in Costa Rica.
2. Sauce Sales: The company produces and sells various sauces including tomato-based sauces, pesto, and specialty sauces. These complement the pasta product line and are distributed through the same retail channels.
3. Olive Oil Sales: Pastas Roma sells olive oil products including Extra Virgin Olive Oil, flavored olive oils (garlic, basil, chili), and virgin olive oil. These are sold as complementary products to the pasta line.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Pastas Roma manufactures and distributes Italian-style pasta products, pasta sauces, and olive oils from Costa Rica. The company produces dried pasta made from durum wheat using traditional Italian techniques, and complements the pasta range with branded sauces and olive oils for at-home cooking. Its commercial focus is supplying the Costa Rican retail packaged-food market under the Pastas Roma and Prince brands.

Product overview

Pastas Roma is a Costa Rican food company offering Italian-style pasta products and complementary food items. The product portfolio centers on its core pasta line (Pastas) featuring multiple shapes including Spaghetti, Lasagna, Macarrones, Caracolitos, Plumas, Tallarines, and Tornillos, supplemented by tomato-based sauces (Salsas) and olive oils (Aceite de Oliva). The company also operates a premium sub-brand called Prince featuring specialty flavored pastas with incorporated sauces. Products are made from Durum Wheat and include options for children and consumers with gluten restrictions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Prince: Premium pasta sub-brand offering specialty pasta products including canelones, lasagna precocida, and tricolor varieties

Products and services

• Pastas Roma Dried Pasta Range Multi-format dried pasta products made from durum wheat using traditional Italian-style techniques, sold to Costa Rican household consumers for at-home Italian-style cooking under the Pastas Roma brand.
• Prince Brand Dried Pasta Dried pasta products marketed under the Prince sub-brand within the company's portfolio, offering additional pasta formats for Costa Rican retail consumers.
• Pastas Roma Pasta Sauces Branded pasta sauces packaged for retail sale, intended to be used together with the company's dried pasta for convenient at-home Italian-style meals by Costa Rican consumers.
• Pastas Roma Olive Oils Branded olive oils packaged for retail sale in Costa Rica, positioned as a complementary cooking staple for use with the company's pasta and sauces.
• Pastas Roma Recipe Library Collection of recipes that guide Costa Rican consumers in preparing dishes using the company's pasta, sauces, and olive oils, supporting at-home use of the product range.

Quantifiable outcome

• Products are a source of 5 key vitamins and minerals: iron, thiamine, niacin, riboflavin, and folic acid per serving
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Barilla: World's largest pasta manufacturer with broad retail distribution across the Americas. Comparable to Pastas Roma in product category (dry pasta, sauces) and competes for the same Costa Rican retail shelf space at a premium positioning.
• Buitoni: Globally recognized Italian pasta and sauce brand owned by Nestlé with strong presence in Latin America. Comparable to Pastas Roma in product category (dry pasta, Italian-style sauces) and import/distribution competition in Central American retail.
• Garofalo: Italian pasta manufacturer with expanding international presence including the Americas. Comparable to Pastas Roma in traditional Italian-style pasta using durum wheat and competing in the same premium segment.
• La Molisana: Italian pasta manufacturer focused on traditional durum wheat pasta with growing international distribution. Comparable to Pastas Roma in durum wheat Italian-style pasta production and similar mid-market positioning.
• De Cecco: Italian premium pasta and olive oil producer with global distribution. Comparable to Pastas Roma in durum wheat pasta production and olive oil category, and represents direct premium-tier competition in the same retail aisles.

Direct peers

• Molitalia: Peruvian pasta, cookie, and baked-goods manufacturer with a strong retail footprint in Latin America. Closely comparable to Pastas Roma as a Latin American pasta manufacturer with traditional Italian-style offerings and similar channel structure.
• La Moderna: Mexican pasta manufacturer producing a wide range of dry pasta shapes and flour-based products for retail and foodservice across Latin America. Highly comparable to Pastas Roma in product category, traditional Italian-style pasta production, and Latin American retail distribution model.

Regional players

• Italpasta: Canadian pasta manufacturer producing dry pasta and private-label products for North American retail. Comparable to Pastas Roma in production process and traditional Italian-style pasta category, though serving a different geographic market.
• Grupo Nutresa: Large Colombian packaged food conglomerate with pasta and sauce operations among many other categories. Comparable to Pastas Roma as a Latin American packaged food manufacturer with multi-category pasta-adjacent portfolios.
• Carozzi: Chilean food conglomerate producing pasta (under the Lucchetti brand) along with cookies, chocolates, and other packaged foods. Comparable to Pastas Roma in pasta manufacturing and complementary sauces/food categories, though operating at much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• TikToktiktok.com/@pastasroma
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pastas-roma

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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