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Vegetable-led pasta brand Sunny & Luna has added a brand-new pumpkin gnocchi product to its range, debuting at Sainsbury’s stores across the UK.

Made with pumpkin and cauliflower, the gnocchi contains 50% vegetables and aims to provide a nourishing twist on Italian comfort food that counts as one of British consumers’ five daily fruit and veg portions.

It joins the brand’s existing cauliflower gnocchi (made with fresh cauliflower) and spinach gnocchi (made with fresh spinach and cauliflower) in the chilled fresh pasta aisle at Sainsbury’s this month, marking the brand’s first major supermarket listing.

Guilia Berretti, founder of Sunny & Luna, said: “Growing up making pasta with my grandmother in Milan ignited my love for Italian food. Later, as a fashion model, I saw how carb-heavy foods like pasta were often demonised, especially among young women.”

She added: “Sunny & Luna was born to change that – to give people the Italian comfort food they love, with the nutrition they need to thrive. Getting that into millions of homes every week is a huge moment for our mission.”

The brand’s products are made in Italy using authentic Italian recipes and contain no preservatives or other artificial additives. Other products available in the range include a tagliatelle made from lentils, chickpeas and peas.

In addition to the Sainsbury’s listing for the three chilled products, the brand’s broader range is available at Ocado, Whole Foods, Planet Organic, Zapp and independent delis and grocers across the UK.