Here is what really happened to the pasta company, over leveraged. Their troubles were obvious in 2001 before the new diets took hold here. I suspect they and the others are blaming the low carb diet trend to save face with shareholders.
http://www.sungazette.com/wire/pawirestory.asp?articleID=2642&postdate=5/10/2004
that's exactly what I have been saying practically since my very first post on this thread.