Totino's
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| Product type | Frozen pizza and pizza products |
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| Owner | General Mills |
| Country | United States |
| Introduced | 1951 (Totino's) 1968 (Jeno's) |
| Markets | Worldwide |
| Previous owners | Rose and Jim Totino (Totino's) Jeno's Inc. (Jeno's) Pillsbury Company |
| Website | www |
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Totino's and Jeno's are brands of frozen pizza products owned by General Mills.
History
Jim Totino founded a take-out pizzeria in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1951. It was expanded it to a full-service restaurant,[when?] which closed in 2011.[1] Totinos founded a frozen-pizza manufacturing company. The Totinos sold their frozen pizza business to the Pillsbury Company, where Rose Totino was named as vice-president.[2] Totino's brand was acquired by General Mills with its purchase of Pillsbury.[citation needed]
Separately, Jeno Paulucci developed a series of food businesses starting in the late 1940s, including the Chun King line of Chinese foods.[3] After selling Chun King in 1966, he founded Jeno's Inc. in 1968, where cook and product developer Beatrice Ojakangas developed Pizza Rolls,[4][5] a type of egg roll filled with pizza ingredients. The first pizza roll flavor was cheese.[3] In 1985, Paulucci sold his Jeno's Pizza Rolls brand to Pillsbury for $135 million.[6]
The Jeno's line of pizza rolls was rebranded as Totino's in 1993.[7]
Health and nutrition issues
On November 1, 2007, Totino's and Jeno's brand pizza were recalled for E. coli contamination.[8]
Totino's products contain cheese substitutes made with hydrogenated oil.[9] Totino's products have been criticized for their high amount of trans fat[10] and sodium.[11] In 2011, Consumer Reports rated Totino's as "only fair for nutrition" because of "high total fat and trans fat and low fiber."[12] [13] By at least October 2013, packaging on Totino's brand pizza now indicates 0 trans fat per serving.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ "Totino's Italian Kitchen in Mounds View to close after 60 years". twincities.com. 7 June 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
- ^ "Rose Totino". Great American Leaders of the 20th Century. Harvard Business School. n.d. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
- ^ a b Slotnik, Daniel E. (November 25, 2011). "Jeno Paulucci, a Pioneer of Ready-Made Ethnic Foods, Dies at 93". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
- ^ Johnston, Louis D.; Riley, Susan E. (May 19, 2021). "How (American) Chinese cuisine gave birth to the Minnesota-invented pizza roll". MinnPost. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
- ^ Dean, Lee Svitak (October 9, 2016). "Adventure of a lifetime". Star Tribune. pp. E7. Retrieved March 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Finkelstein, Matt (2007-11-02). "The Master Chef". Inc.com. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
- ^ "Totino's History". Totino's. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
- ^ "Ohio Firm Recalls Frozen Meat Pizzas Due to Possible E. Coli O157:H7 Contamination" (Press release). Food Safety and Inspection Service. November 1, 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-02-09. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
- ^ "Pizza Makers Whip Dairy Lobby, Duck 'Imitation Cheese'". Ocala Star-Banner. June 10, 1987. Retrieved October 31, 2012 – via Google News.
- ^ Rem, Kathryn (January 18, 2012). "Kathryn Rem: Investigating the contents of packaged foods – Trans Fats Have Not Gone Away". GateHouse News Service. Archived from the original on 20 Jan 2013. Retrieved 2019-11-01 – via Journal Star.
- ^ "Processed-Food Makers Criticized on Sodium". The New York Times. Associated Press. February 13, 1986. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
- ^ "Shop Smart: Frozen pizzas can satisfy even adults". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Consumer Reports. January 30, 2011. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
- ^ Perrin, Gail (November 30, 1988). "Frozen Pizzas May Be High in Fat". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
External links
- Totinos history via General Mills
- General Mills Totino's and Jeno's page Archived 2010-06-19 at the Wayback Machine