8-K

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)          April 6, 2005
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                         AMERICAN ITALIAN PASTA COMPANY
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          Delaware                    001-13403                84-1032638
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(State or other jurisdiction         (Commission             (IRS Employer
     of incorporation)               File Number)         Identification No.)

   4100 N. Mulberry Drive, Suite 200, Kansas City, Missouri        64116
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           (Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code        (816) 584-5000
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                                 Not Applicable
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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check  the  appropriate  box  below  if the  Form  8-K  filing  is  intended  to
simultaneously  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
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     CFR 230.425)

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     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

     On April 6, 2005,  the Company  issued a press release  entitled  "American
Italian Pasta Company to present at the Suntrust  Robinson  Humphrey 34th Annual
Institutional  Conference  --  Webcast  Link  Correction."  A copy of the  press
release is furnished under Item 9.01 of this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

         (c) Exhibits

         99.1 Press release issued April 6, 2005.

                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                       AMERICAN ITALIAN PASTA COMPANY


Date:  April 7, 2005
                                         /s/ George D. Shadid
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                                       George D. Shadid
                                       Chief Financial Officer

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit Number                             Description
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    99.1                       Press release issued April 6, 2005

EX-99

                                                                    Exhibit 99.1


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AMERICAN ITALIAN PASTA COMPANY                                          -
                                                                        -RELEASE

Contact: George Shadid, EVP & Chief Financial Officer 816/584-5621 gshadid@aipc.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                         AMERICAN ITALIAN PASTA COMPANY
                                TO PRESENT AT THE
                           SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY
                     34TH ANNUAL INSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE --
                             WEBCAST LINK CORRECTION

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KANSAS CITY, MO, April 6, 2005 - As previously announced, American Italian Pasta
Company (NYSE:  PLB) will be presenting at the SunTrust  Robinson  Humphrey 34th
Annual Institutional Conference to be held in Atlanta on Tuesday, April 12, 2005
at 3:20 pm Eastern Time. The original webcast information that was published was
incomplete;  the  correct  information  regarding  the  webcast  which  will  be
available  over the  Internet is  http://www.wsw.com/webcast/strh13/plb.  Please
note the  correction to the previously  published  webcast link. The webcast and
presentation  materials will also be available at the Investor Relations section
of the company's website (www.aipc.com).  The archived webcast will be available
for two weeks following the presentation.

Founded  in 1988 and based in Kansas  City,  Missouri,  American  Italian  Pasta
Company is the largest producer and marketer of dry pasta in North America.


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