The next time you go grocery shopping, the pasta shelves are going to be slightly less full. That's because one classic Italian comfort food just got the ax. Ronzoni's Pastina No. 155, the tiny, kid-friendly star-shaped noodle commonly used in Italian wedding soup, has been discontinued. Tipped off by readers to the pasta's recent disappearance, the fact-checking website reached out to Ronzoni only to confirm on Dec. 29 that its demise was, in fact, true. 

8th Avenue Food & Provisions, the consumer products holding company that acquired Ronzoni in May 2021, emailed Snopes a statement explaining how the pastina's "unique small size and star-shape required specialized production from a third-party manufacturer," adding that the company's long-term manufacturer would stop making the product in January 2023.