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Canned spaghetti—short lengths in tomato sauce—was available long before rings were introduced.<ref name=thirty>{{Cite web|url=http://letslookagain.com/tag/history-of-heinz-uk/|title=Full of beans – Heinz in the UK|date=16 February 2016|quote=spaghetti production began in 1930|access-date=1 June 2021|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214219/http://letslookagain.com/tag/history-of-heinz-uk/|url-status=live}}</ref> Ring-shaped canned pasta was introduced in 1965 by the [[Campbell Soup Company]] under the [[Franco-American (Campbell's)|Franco-American]] brand, by marketing manager [[Donald Goerke]], nicknamed "the Daddy-O of SpaghettiOs",<ref name="daddy">{{cite news |title= Donald E. Goerke dies at 83; 'the Daddy-O of SpaghettiOs' |work= Los Angeles Times |first= Valerie J. |last= Nelson |url= http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-donald-goerke14-2010jan14,0,3621820.story |date= 14 January 2010 |access-date= May 23, 2010 |archive-date= 4 June 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110604072939/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-donald-goerke14-2010jan14,0,3621820.story |url-status= live }}</ref> as a pasta dish that could be eaten without  mess.<ref name="daddy"/><ref name="chunky"/> Other shapes considered included cowboys, Indians, astronauts, stars, and sports-themed shapes.<ref name="chunky"/> Goerke created over 100 products during his 35 years with Campbell, including the Chunky line of soups.<ref name="chunky"/><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 |access-date=15 January 2010 |archive-date=17 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117172407/http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/81300547.html |url-status=live }}</ref> SpaghettiOs were introduced nationally without [[test marketing]]<ref name="test"/> and with television advertising using the [[tag line]] "the neat round spaghetti you can eat with a spoon" and the [[jingle]] "Uh-Oh! SpaghettiOs" (these six notes are based on the earlier "Franco-American" jingle{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}) sung by [[Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]] (loosely based on his 1950s song "[[Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again]]"{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}).<ref name="chunky"/> Other companies rapidly produced their own spaghetti hoops.<ref name=thirty/>
Canned spaghetti—short lengths in tomato sauce—was available long before rings were introduced.<ref name=thirty>{{Cite web|url=http://letslookagain.com/tag/history-of-heinz-uk/|title=Full of beans – Heinz in the UK|date=16 February 2016|quote=spaghetti production began in 1930|access-date=1 June 2021|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214219/http://letslookagain.com/tag/history-of-heinz-uk/|url-status=live}}</ref> Ring-shaped canned pasta was introduced in 1965 by the [[Campbell Soup Company]] under the [[Franco-American (Campbell's)|Franco-American]] brand, by marketing manager [[Donald Goerke]], nicknamed "the Daddy-O of SpaghettiOs",<ref name="daddy">{{cite news |title= Donald E. Goerke dies at 83; 'the Daddy-O of SpaghettiOs' |work= Los Angeles Times |first= Valerie J. |last= Nelson |url= http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-donald-goerke14-2010jan14,0,3621820.story |date= 14 January 2010 |access-date= May 23, 2010 |archive-date= 4 June 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110604072939/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-donald-goerke14-2010jan14,0,3621820.story |url-status= live }}</ref> as a pasta dish that could be eaten without  mess.<ref name="daddy"/><ref name="chunky"/> Other shapes considered included cowboys, Indians, astronauts, stars, and sports-themed shapes.<ref name="chunky"/> Goerke created over 100 products during his 35 years with Campbell, including the Chunky line of soups.<ref name="chunky"/><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 |access-date=15 January 2010 |archive-date=17 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117172407/http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/81300547.html |url-status=live }}</ref> SpaghettiOs were introduced nationally without [[test marketing]]<ref name="test"/> and with television advertising using the [[tag line]] "the neat round spaghetti you can eat with a spoon" and the [[jingle]] "Uh-Oh! SpaghettiOs" (these six notes are based on the earlier "Franco-American" jingle{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}) sung by [[Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]] (loosely based on his 1950s song "[[Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again]]"{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}).<ref name="chunky"/> Other companies rapidly produced their own spaghetti hoops.<ref name=thirty/>


Campbell's launched ''Spicy Original SpaghettiOs featuring [[Frank's RedHot]]'' in 2023, designed to appeal to millennials, calling it a "hot, more mature twist on a classic offering that our adult consumers grew up enjoying" according to one company executive. Public reaction to the product was mostly negative.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kenney |first=Tanisia |date=April 5, 2023 |title=There's a new flavor of SpaghettiOs — and it's not for kids. What to know |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article273988440.html |work=Miami Herald |location=[[Miami]] |access-date=March 21, 2024 |archive-date=April 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406064439/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article273988440.html |url-status=live }}</ref> One reviewer found the product mild, but ill-suited for younger children, also noting how red it was, compared to the original product.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.today.com/food/groceries/franks-redhot-spaghettios-rcna79172 |title=I tried Frank's RedHot SpaghettiOs, the grown-up version of a childhood favorite |last=Martin |first=Heather |date=April 12, 2023 |website=Today.com |publisher= |access-date=March 21, 2024 |quote=How spicy are they? If you rarely eat spicy food, you might call it moderate, and it’s probably too spicy for a lot of smaller children. If you feel cheated when your lips don’t burn for half an hour after dinner, though, you’ll call them mild. Although I often eat three-alarm chili, I think just the one alarm is appropriate for something so grounded in cozy nostalgia. Since Frank’s first two ingredients are vinegar and cayenne, there’s a lilting acidity right up front, but not overdone. It’s a lovely, sparkly brightness layered over the familiar flavor, like fireflies reflected in the river on a summer night. |archive-date=March 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322013946/https://www.today.com/food/groceries/franks-redhot-spaghettios-rcna79172 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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 minus the large fraction that had already 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|access-date=13 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018162617/http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News/Recall_035_2010_Release/index.asp|archive-date=18 October 2010|url-status=dead}}</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 | access-date= 13 March 2013 | archive-date= 5 October 2013 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131005005304/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/37774652/ns/business-us_business | url-status= dead }}</ref>
 
On the 72nd anniversary of the Japanese [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] in 2013, SpaghettiOs' [[Twitter]] account posted a lighthearted message that was criticized as disrespectful. Various parodies were posted mocking it. SpaghettiOs removed the tweet in question and apologized for any offense.<ref name=theverge-uhoh>{{cite web|title=Uh-oh: SpaghettiOs pulls its ridiculous Pearl Harbor tweet|last=Kastrenakes|first=Jacob|date=7 December 2013|url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/12/7/5185326/spaghettios-apologizes-for-tasteless-pearl-harbor-remembrance-photo|work=The Verge|access-date=6 January 2014|archive-date=5 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105135723/http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/7/5185326/spaghettios-apologizes-for-tasteless-pearl-harbor-remembrance-photo|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=nypost-spaghettios>{{cite web|title=SpaghettiOs pulls offensive Pearl Harbor tweet|last=Briquelet|first=Kate|date=7 December 2013|url=https://nypost.com/2013/12/07/spaghettios-pulls-offensive-pearl-harbor-tweet/|work=New York Post|access-date=6 January 2014|archive-date=6 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106111709/http://nypost.com/2013/12/07/spaghettios-pulls-offensive-pearl-harbor-tweet/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Campbell's launched ''Spicy Original SpaghettiOs featuring [[Frank's RedHot]]'' in 2023, designed to appeal to millennials, calling it a "hot, more mature twist on a classic offering that our adult consumers grew up enjoying" according to one company executive.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kenney |first=Tanisia |date=April 5, 2023 |title=There's a new flavor of SpaghettiOs — and it's not for kids. What to know |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article273988440.html |work=Miami Herald |location=[[Miami]] |access-date=March 21, 2024 |archive-date=April 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406064439/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article273988440.html |url-status=live }}</ref> One reviewer found the product mild compared to spicy chili but ill-suited for younger children. She enjoyed the brighter red color compared to the original product and said "good vibes are guaranteed".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.today.com/food/groceries/franks-redhot-spaghettios-rcna79172 |title=I tried Frank's RedHot SpaghettiOs, the grown-up version of a childhood favorite |last=Martin |first=Heather |date=April 12, 2023 |website=Today.com |publisher= |access-date=March 21, 2024 |quote=How spicy are they? If you rarely eat spicy food, you might call it moderate, and it’s probably too spicy for a lot of smaller children. ... It’s a lovely, sparkly brightness layered over the familiar flavor... |archive-date=March 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322013946/https://www.today.com/food/groceries/franks-redhot-spaghettios-rcna79172 |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Nutrition==
==Nutrition==
Ingredients of SpaghettiOs Original are: water, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), enriched pasta (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), [[high-fructose corn syrup]], contains less than 2% of: salt, [[Enzyme-modified cheese|enzyme modified cheddar cheese]] (cheddar cheese [cultured milk, salt, enzymes, calcium chloride], water, disodium phosphate, enzymes), vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or soybean), enzyme modified butter, skim milk, beta carotene for color, citric acid, paprika extract, flavoring. Potential allergens: wheat and milk.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SpaghettiOs Original - Nutrition and Ingredients |author= |work=Campbell Soup Company |date= |access-date=1 June 2021 |url=https://www.campbells.com/products/spaghettios/spaghettios-original/ |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215954/https://www.campbells.com/products/spaghettios/spaghettios-original/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Ingredients of SpaghettiOs Original are: water, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), enriched pasta (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), [[high-fructose corn syrup]], contains less than 2% of: salt, [[Enzyme-modified cheese|enzyme modified cheddar cheese]] (cheddar cheese [cultured milk, salt, enzymes, calcium chloride], water, disodium phosphate, enzymes), vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or soybean), enzyme modified butter, skim milk, beta carotene for color, citric acid, paprika extract, flavoring. Potential allergens: wheat and milk.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SpaghettiOs Original - Nutrition and Ingredients |author= |work=Campbell Soup Company |date= |access-date=1 June 2021 |url=https://www.campbells.com/products/spaghettios/spaghettios-original/ |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215954/https://www.campbells.com/products/spaghettios/spaghettios-original/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Issues ==
===Recall===
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 minus the large fraction that had already 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|access-date=13 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018162617/http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News/Recall_035_2010_Release/index.asp|archive-date=18 October 2010|url-status=dead}}</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 | access-date= 13 March 2013 | archive-date= 5 October 2013 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131005005304/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/37774652/ns/business-us_business | url-status= dead }}</ref>
===Controversial Pearl Harbor tweet===
On December 7, 2013, the 72nd anniversary of the Japanese [[attack on Pearl Harbor]], SpaghettiOs' [[Twitter]] account posted a picture of a smiling cartoon SpaghettiO holding the [[U.S. flag]] and captioned, "Take a moment to remember [[Hashtag|#]]PearlHarbor with us." The posting was met with criticism by users, who found the tweet to be disrespectful to those who were affected by the attack. The post also quickly spawned parodies, as other users such as comedian [[Patton Oswalt]] edited the cartoon SpaghettiO into photos of other national tragedies such as the [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]], [[9/11]], the [[Hindenburg disaster|''Hindenburg'' disaster]], the [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' explosion]], and the [[sinking of the Titanic|sinking of the ''Titanic'']]. SpaghettiOs quickly removed the tweet in question and apologized for any offense it may have caused.<ref name=theverge-uhoh>{{cite web|title=Uh-oh: SpaghettiOs pulls its ridiculous Pearl Harbor tweet|last=Kastrenakes|first=Jacob|date=7 December 2013|url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/12/7/5185326/spaghettios-apologizes-for-tasteless-pearl-harbor-remembrance-photo|work=The Verge|access-date=6 January 2014|archive-date=5 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105135723/http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/7/5185326/spaghettios-apologizes-for-tasteless-pearl-harbor-remembrance-photo|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=nypost-spaghettios>{{cite web|title=SpaghettiOs pulls offensive Pearl Harbor tweet|last=Briquelet|first=Kate|date=7 December 2013|url=https://nypost.com/2013/12/07/spaghettios-pulls-offensive-pearl-harbor-tweet/|work=New York Post|access-date=6 January 2014|archive-date=6 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106111709/http://nypost.com/2013/12/07/spaghettios-pulls-offensive-pearl-harbor-tweet/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Actress and comedian [[Natasha Leggero]] faced criticism for remarks regarding the tweet during NBC's ''[[NBC's New Year's Eve|New Year's Eve with Carson Daly]]'' later that month, where she quipped that "it sucks that the only survivors of Pearl Harbor are being mocked by the only food they can still chew." In response, Leggero remarked that "the amazing courage of American veterans and specifically those who survived Pearl Harbor is [not] in any way diminished by a comedian making a joke about [[dentures]] on television".<ref name="wp-2014">{{cite news|date=30 December 2013|title=TV highlights: Networks compete for most entertaining New Year's show|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/tv-highlights-networks-compete-for-most-entertaining-new-years-show/2013/12/30/3826f0fa-715a-11e3-8def-a33011492df2_story.html|access-date=6 January 2014|archive-date=16 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216095405/http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/tv-highlights-networks-compete-for-most-entertaining-new-years-show/2013/12/30/3826f0fa-715a-11e3-8def-a33011492df2_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nydn-natasha14">{{cite news|title=Comedian Natasha Leggero responds to controversy over World War II veteran joke: 'I'm not sorry|first1=Margaret|last1=Eby|date=4 January 2014|work=Daily News|place=New York|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/comedian-natasha-leggero-responds-controversy-world-war-ii-veteran-joke-article-1.1566225|access-date=6 January 2014|archive-date=6 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106001552/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/comedian-natasha-leggero-responds-controversy-world-war-ii-veteran-joke-article-1.1566225|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="observer-notsorry">{{cite web|title=Comedian Natasha Leggero is Sorry/Not-Sorry About SpaghettiO-Gate|url=http://observer.com/2014/01/comedian-natasha-leggero-is-sorrynot-sorry-about-spaghettio-gate/|access-date=6 January 2014|work=New York Observer|date=3 January 2014|archive-date=6 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106092849/http://observer.com/2014/01/comedian-natasha-leggero-is-sorrynot-sorry-about-spaghettio-gate/|url-status=live|first1=Drew|last1=Grant}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Alphabet pasta]]
* [[Alphabet pasta]]
* [[Anelli]]
* [[Chef Boyardee]]
* [[Chef Boyardee]]
* [[Filipino spaghetti]]
* [[Filipino spaghetti]]

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". SpaghettiOs is an American brand of canned ring-shaped pasta in tomato sauce.[1] It is marketed for children as "less messy" than regular spaghetti.[2] More than 150 million cans of SpaghettiOs are sold each year.[3] SpaghettiOs are sold in tomato sauce and with additions including meatballs, pieces of processed meat resembling hot dog slices, beef-filled ravioli, and calcium-fortified spaghetti.

While SpaghettiOs is a trade name, the equivalent prepared dish made by various manufacturers is available in many countries[4] as 'spaghetti hoops', 'spaghetti loops', or 'spaghetti rings'.

History

Canned spaghetti—short lengths in tomato sauce—was available long before rings were introduced.[5] 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",[6] as a pasta dish that could be eaten without mess.[6][3] Other shapes considered included cowboys, Indians, astronauts, stars, and sports-themed shapes.[3] Goerke created over 100 products during his 35 years with Campbell, including the Chunky line of soups.[3][7] SpaghettiOs were introduced nationally without test marketing[7] and with television advertising using the tag line "the neat round spaghetti you can eat with a spoon" and the jingle "Uh-Oh! SpaghettiOs" (these six notes are based on the earlier "Franco-American" jingleScript error: No such module "Unsubst".) sung by Jimmie Rodgers (loosely based on his 1950s song "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again"Script error: No such module "Unsubst".).[3] Other companies rapidly produced their own spaghetti hoops.[5]

In June 2010, Campbell recalled 15 million lbs (6.8 million kg) of SpaghettiOs with Meatballs (all that had been produced since December 2008 minus the large fraction that had already been consumed)[8] due to the malfunction of a cooker at one of the company's Texas plants.[9] No reports of illnesses associated with the product and no customer complaints were recorded at the time of the recall.[8]

On the 72nd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 2013, SpaghettiOs' Twitter account posted a lighthearted message that was criticized as disrespectful. Various parodies were posted mocking it. SpaghettiOs removed the tweet in question and apologized for any offense.[10][11]

Campbell's launched Spicy Original SpaghettiOs featuring Frank's RedHot in 2023, designed to appeal to millennials, calling it a "hot, more mature twist on a classic offering that our adult consumers grew up enjoying" according to one company executive.[12] One reviewer found the product mild compared to spicy chili but ill-suited for younger children. She enjoyed the brighter red color compared to the original product and said "good vibes are guaranteed".[13]

Nutrition

Ingredients of SpaghettiOs Original are: water, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), enriched pasta (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), high-fructose corn syrup, contains less than 2% of: salt, enzyme modified cheddar cheese (cheddar cheese [cultured milk, salt, enzymes, calcium chloride], water, disodium phosphate, enzymes), vegetable oil (corn, canola, and/or soybean), enzyme modified butter, skim milk, beta carotene for color, citric acid, paprika extract, flavoring. Potential allergens: wheat and milk.[14]

See also

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