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

                                   FORM 8-K/A
                                (Amendment No. 1)

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)           July 2, 2008
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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)


                                 (816) 584-5000
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                                 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
following provisions:

    Written  communications  pursuant to Rule 425 under the  Securities Act (17
     CFR 230.425)

    Soliciting  material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
     240.14a-12)

    Pre-commencement   communications  pursuant  to  Rule  14d-2(b)  under  the
     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

    Pre-commencement   communications  pursuant  to  Rule  13e-4(c)  under  the
     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

     This Form 8-K/A  amends the Form 8-K filed July 8, 2008 in order to include
Exhibit 16.1 described below.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

            (d) Exhibits.

                Exhibit No.    Description
                   16.1        Letter dated July 8, 2008 from Ernst & Young LLP.

                                   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.


     Date: July 9, 2008                AMERICAN ITALIAN PASTA COMPANY


                                       By:  /s/ Paul R. Geist
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                                           Paul R. Geist
                                           Chief Financial Officer