SpaghettiOs: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
ClueBot NG (talk | contribs) m Reverting possible vandalism by 184.5.247.254 to version by Jamesx12345. False positive? Report it. Thanks, ClueBot NG. (1731189) (Bot) |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
==History== |
==History== |
||
Introduced in 1965 by Adam |
|||
Introduced in 1965 by the [[Campbell Soup Company]] under the [[Franco-American (Campbell's)|Franco-American]] [[brand]], the pasta was created by [[Donald Goerke]] (1926–2010), "the Daddy-O of SpaghettiOs",<ref name="daddy">{{cite news | title = Donald E. Goerke dies at 83; 'the Daddy-O of SpaghettiOs' | work= The Los Angeles Times |first= Valerie J. |last= Nelson |date=13 January 2010 | url = http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-donald-goerke14-2010jan14,0,3621820.story | date=January 14, 2010 | accessdate=May 23, 2010}}</ref> after a year-long internal study of the appropriate shape for a pasta dish that people could eat without making a mess.<ref name="daddy"/><ref name="chunky"/> Rejected shapes included cowboys, Indians, spacemen, stars, and sports shapes.<ref name="chunky"/> During the development of SpaghettiOs, Goerke was a marketing manager with Franco-American, then a division of Campbell. During his 35 years with Campbell,<ref name="test">{{cite web | title = Donald Goerke, 83, creator of Campbell's SpaghettiOs | work= The Philadelphia Inquirer |first=Sally A. |last=Downey |date=13 January 2010 | url = http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/81300547.html}}</ref> Goerke created over 100 products<ref name="test"/> including the [[Chunky soup|Chunky]] line of soups.<ref name="chunky"/> |
|||
SpaghettiOs were introduced nationally without [[test marketing]]<ref name="test"/> — with [[television advertising]] using the [[tag line]] "The neat round spaghetti you can eat with a spoon" and the [[jingle]] "Uh-Oh! SpaghettiOs", sung by pop singer [[Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]]<ref name="chunky"/> (loosely based on his 1950s song "[[Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again]]"). |
|||
In June 2010, Campbell [[product recall|recalled]] 15 million lbs (6.8 million kg) of SpaghettiOs with Meatballs — all that had been produced since December 2008 and much of which had likely been consumed<ref name="NBC recall" /> — due to the malfunction of a cooker at one of the company's [[Texas]] plants.<ref>{{cite web| title= Texas Firm Recalls Three Varieties of 'SpaghettiOs' With Meatballs That May Be Underprocessed | publisher= [[USDA]] Food Safety and Inspection Service | url= http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News/Recall_035_2010_Release/index.asp | first= Atiya |last= Khan | date= 17 June 2010 | location= Washington, DC | accessdate= 13 March 2013}}</ref> "No reports of illnesses associated with the product and ...no customer complaints" were recorded at the time of the recall.<ref name="NBC recall">{{cite news| url= http://www.nbcnews.com/id/37774652/ns/business-us_business | title= Campbell Soup recalls SpaghettiOs| publisher= NBC News | first= Mary Clare |last= Jalonick | agency= Associated Press| date= 18 June 2010 | accessdate= 13 March 2013}}</ref> |
|||
==See also== |
|||
* [[Alphabet pasta]] |
|||
==References== |
|||
{{reflist}} |
|||
==External links== |
|||
*[http://www.campbellsoup.com/spaghettios.asp Official SpaghettiOs website] |
|||
*[http://theimaginaryworld.com/newsad63.jpg Image of SpaghettiOs with meatballs ad] |
|||
{{Pasta dishes}} |
|||
[[Category:Products introduced in 1965]] |
|||
[[Category:Pasta dishes]] |
|||
[[Category:Campbell Soup Company brands]] |
|||
Revision as of 14:11, 19 September 2013
SpaghettiOs is an American brand of canned spaghetti featuring circular pasta shapes in a cheese and tomato sauce — and marketed to parents as 'less messy' than regular spaghetti. More than 150 million cans of SpaghettiOs are sold each year.[1]
In addition to the original variety, variations have included SpaghettiOs Meatballs (with miniature meatballs), SpaghettiOs Sliced Franks (with pieces of processed meat resembling hot dog slices), SpaghettiOs RavioliOs (with round, beef-filled ravioli), SpaghettiOs with Calcium, and other theme-shaped varieties.
Similar products are sold in the United Kingdom under names like "Spaghetti Rings", loops, hoops, etc.
History
Introduced in 1965 by Adam
- ^ Fox, Margalit (13 January 2010). "Donald Goerke, Creator of SpaghettiOs, Dies at 83". The New York Times. Retrieved May 23, 2010.