SpaghettiOs

SpaghettiOsis an American brand ofcannedring-shapedpastaintomato sauce.It is marketed for children as "less messy" than regularspaghetti.More than 150 million cans of SpaghettiOs are sold each year.They are sold in tomato sauce and with additions includingmeatballs, pieces of processed meat resemblinghot dogslices, beef-filledravioli, andcalcium-fortified spaghetti.
While SpaghettiOs is atrade name, the equivalent prepared dish made by various manufacturers is available in many countriesas 'spaghetti hoops', 'spaghetti loops', or 'spaghetti rings'.
Canned spaghetti—short lengths in tomato sauce—was available long before rings were introduced.Ring-shaped canned pasta was introduced in 1965 by theCampbell Soup Companyunder theFranco-Americanbrand, by marketing managerDonald Goerke, nicknamed "the Daddy-O of SpaghettiOs",as a pasta dish that could be eaten without  mess.Other shapes considered included cowboys, Indians, astronauts, stars, and sports-themed shapes.Goerke created over 100 products during his 35 years with Campbell, including the Chunky line of soups.SpaghettiOs were introduced nationally withouttest marketingand with television advertising using thetag line"the neat round spaghetti you can eat with a spoon" and thejingle"Uh-Oh! SpaghettiOs" (these six notes are based on the earlier "Franco-American" jingle) sung byJimmie Rodgers(loosely based on his 1950s song "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again").Other companies rapidly produced their own spaghetti hoops.
Campbell's launchedSpicy Original SpaghettiOs featuringFrank's RedHotin 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.One reviewer found the product mild, but ill-suited for younger children, also noting how red it was, compared to the original product.
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.
In June 2010, Campbellrecalled15 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)due to the malfunction of a cooker at one of the company'sTexasplants.No reports of illnesses associated with the product and no customer complaints were recorded at the time of the recall.
On December 7, 2013, the 72nd anniversary of the Japaneseattack on Pearl Harbor, SpaghettiOs'Twitteraccount posted a picture of a smiling cartoon SpaghettiO holding theU.S. flagand captioned, "Take a moment to remember#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 comedianPatton Oswaltedited the cartoon SpaghettiO into photos of other national tragedies such as theassassination of John F. Kennedy,9/11, theHindenburgdisaster, theSpace ShuttleChallengerexplosion, and thesinking of theTitanic. SpaghettiOs quickly removed the tweet in question and apologized for any offense it may have caused.
Actress and comedianNatasha Leggerofaced criticism for remarks regarding the tweet during NBC'sNew Year's Eve with Carson Dalylater 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 aboutdentureson television".