SpaghettiOs
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SpaghettiOs are a brand of canned ring-shaped pasta in tomato sauce. They are marketed for children as "less messy" than regular spaghetti. More than 150 million cans of SpaghettiOs are sold each year
Opened can of SpaghettiOs
Franco-American (brand)
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Franco-American is a brand name of the Campbell Soup Company. Founded by Alphonse Biardot as Franco-American Food Company, it sells gravy and condensed soups; it was formerly used for SpaghettiOs and
SpaghettiOs
…tomato sauce—was available long before rings were introduced. Ring-shaped canned pasta was introduced in 1965 by the Campbell Soup Company under the Franco-American brand, by marketing manager Donald Goerke, nicknamed "the Daddy-O of SpaghettiOs", as a pasta dish that could be eaten without mess. Other shapes…
A can of Franco-American Spaghetti & Meatballs
Early trade card for the company, prior to 1900
The last vestige of the Franco-American logo, on a can of SpaghettiOs, 2020