The present invention provides a process for the manufacture of frozen instant cooking pasta from elongated dried pasta products that substantially retains the pre-processing length of the dried pasta comprising the steps of(i) dividing an elongated dried pasta products into one or more portions, each portion having a desired mass(ii) loading each portion of pasta into one of a plurality of separate dosing devices(iii) re-hydrating each portion of pasta within a dosing device(iv) quenching the re-hydrated pasta resulting from step (iii)(v) freezing.Further embodiments are directed to the apparatus that is necessary for carrying out this process and the frozen product achieved.
