Till the middle of the fifties one made a distinction between paste from Naples and paste from Genoa, the big port in Norditalien. Naples is associated in general with spaghetti, the most famous paste kind. However, the cradle of the Bavette was Genoa.
As a market-leading Italian manufacturer Barilla has also announced the Bavette after her regional origin. Today this paste kind is in completely Italy and is liked all over the world, because she harmonizes perfectly with all vegetables and fish sauces and all traditional preparations of the Mediterranean kitchen.