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Franco-americanFranco-American are Americans with French as their native language. About 900,000 French-Canadian immigrants (mostly from the province of Qubec) immigrated to New England in the late XIXth and early XXth centuries.
Franco-American is a former brand name of the Campbell Soup Company. The original Franco-American Food Company was founded by Alphonse Biardot, who had immigrated from France to the United States in 1880. In 1886 he and his two sons opened a commercial kitchen in Jersey City, New Jersey featuring the foods of his native country. The company proved a success, particularly with its line of canned soup and pasta, and it was acquired by Campbell's in 1921. The Franco-American name was phased out over the next two decades for soup products and in the late 1990s for pasta products. On November 19, 2004 Campell's announced it was discontinuing the name altogether in favor of its own; by that time, only a line of gravy remained. The most famous product sold under the Franco-American brand was arguably SpaghettiO's, first sold May 16, 1965. SpaghettiO's are variously-sized rings of cooked pasta in a sweet tomato and cheese sauce, sold in cans. According to one account, Campbell's food chemist Ralph Miller was inspired by a signature dish of the company chef, sliced elbow macaroni in a soupy tomato sauce. "Uh-oh, SpaghettiO's," the refrain of the product's advertising jingle, became a meme in its own right. SpaghettiO's continue to be sold, but under the Campbell's name.
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