Interior has received government funding to develop a new fermented pasta that may have health benefits. Creator Silvio Lettrari — who has been baking sourdough bread and researching sourdough for 25 years — calls it the first pasta of its kind in the world. This week, the Ministry of Agriculture announced Kaslo Sourdough will receive $75,000 from the federal and provincial governments to study the possible health benefits of the new pasta. Previous research has found health benefits to sourdough bread, which Lettrari says is echoed by his customers. Kaslo Sourdough and the University of Calgary are also each contributing $12,500 to the research project, bringing the total funding to $100,000.

Source: CBC News February 18, 2018 00:00 UTC