Is ziti pasta a natural state or manufactured one?

Here's why:

* Made from wheat flour: Ziti is made from durum wheat flour, water, and sometimes eggs. These ingredients are not found in their current form in nature.

* Processed and shaped: The flour mixture is processed and shaped into the characteristic tubular form of ziti. This is a human-driven manufacturing process.

While the ingredients for pasta come from nature (wheat, water), the final product is created through human intervention.