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MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill., JULY 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ – – National Lasagna Day, the popular holiday honoring the quintessential Italian pasta comfort dish, is happening on Tuesday, July 29. To join in the celebration, iconic sauce brand RAGÚ® has teamed up once again with global nonprofit and grassroots movement Lasagna Love to extend the reach of the organization’s National Lasagna Day program and help fight the growing hunger crisis unfolding in local communities. This year, the RAGÚ brand is expanding its support by sponsoring volunteer-led events in six cities across the United States, including Atlanta, Raleigh, Lancaster (PA), Chicago, Paramus (NJ),…

MILWAUKEE – May 1, 2025 – RAGÚ®, the iconic pasta and pizza sauce brand that was the first to make Italian sauces available in the U.S. nationwide after their founding in 1937, is thrilled to announce another first:  the launch of its new line of frozen pizzas, made in collaboration with leading, U.S. frozen-pizza maker Palermo Villa, Inc. This innovative partnership is a natural extension of the RAGÚ brand’s current sauce lineup that delivers great tasting, convenient, family-favorite foods at an affordable price, enhancing the RAGÚ® brand’s commitment to its genuine Italian heritage and creating mouth-watering foods that the whole…

MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill., JULY 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ – – National Lasagna Day, the popular holiday honoring the famed delicious Italian pasta dish, is happening on Monday, July 29. To join the celebration, iconic sauce brand RAGÚ® has teamed up once again with the rapidly growing global nonprofit and grassroots movement Lasagna Love to sponsor the organization’s National Lasagna Day program and help fight hunger in local communities. This year, the RAGÚ brand has partnered with Lasagna Love’s local chefs and volunteers who are preparing and delivering delicious homemade lasagnas with the goal of reaching thousands of community members through volunteer-led…

MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill., (January 18, 2022) — RAGÚ®, the iconic pasta-sauce brand that has been at the heart of family mealtime in the US for over 80 years, has recognized a local fire department in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, after its fire fighters recreated the brand’s latest commercial from its recently launched “Cook Like a Mother” campaign and posted their version on Tik Tok. The video remake caught the attention of the RAGÚ team and, to show appreciation of their efforts, the team delivered a pallet of 792 jars of sauce, to the firefighters to help them continue to “Cook Like a…

MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill., (November 15, 2021) — RAGÚ®, the iconic pasta sauce brand that has been in the US for more than 80 years, today announces a major brand relaunch. This includes a packaging redesign across the entire range of RAGÚ varieties, sizes and packaging formats as well as a cheeky, new marketing campaign. The campaign plays off the brand’s rich heritage and the iconic cap on every jar of RAGÚ. Originally started in the kitchen of an Italian mother, RAGÚ has been a family favorite since 1937 by providing delicious homemade taste that brings the whole family to the…

MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill., (May 14, 2020) – Today, the RAGÚ® brand announces a donation to the Cliff Hagan Boys & Girls Club of Owensboro, Ky. The RAGÚ brand is providing a monetary donation and making a commitment to support the club’s Operation Club Cares program, which was implemented with the goal of providing hunger relief for families facing unprecedented hardships caused by the outbreak of COVID-19. The initiative supports families in need by offering bags of essential goods valued at approximately $20 per bag, with each bag containing the equivalent of five meals for families facing food insecurity during this difficult time.…

Mount Prospect, IL (Saturday, June 15, 2019)—Mizkan America, Inc., announced the voluntary recall of select production codes of certain RAGÚ® pasta sauces in the U.S. because the sauce may contain fragments of plastic.  There have not been any reports of consumer injuries or complaints.  Mizkan America is taking this action out of an abundance of caution.  This recall is at the retail level and all impacted retailer customers have been notified of this voluntary recall prior to this press release.  Retail customers who have not been notified are not impacted by this voluntary recall.  Mizkan America also asks consumers to…

MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill., (July 24, 2018) – Busy parents can breathe a sigh of relief during this year’s back-to-school season with the launch of NEW RAGÚ® Simply Pasta Sauces. Look no further than the family pantry for a sauce that is bold and flavorful, made with wholesome ingredients, 100-percent olive oil AND containing NO added sugar. RAGÚ Simply is a pasta sauce that moms can feel great about serving for a quick and easy school-night meal because it delivers a simply delicious taste that starts with California vine-ripened tomatoes, olive oil, carrots, onions and other delicious ingredients. RAGÚ Simply pasta…

MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS, (OCTOBER 27, 2016) – Today the RAGÚ® brand announced it will kick off the celebration of its 80th year (2017) in a BIG way—with a float in the 128th Rose Parade® presented by Honda®! Participating in the parade is a first for the brand and, on January 2, 2017, spectators will watch RAGÚ pasta sauce pay tribute to its Italian founders, the family farmers who grow their ingredients, as well as the sauce makers and consumers who have made RAGÚ pasta sauce America’s favorite. This tribute, entitled “Simmered in Tradition,” is a lush floral tableau that shares…

MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS, (MAY 17, 2016) – The best recipes are those that combine both old and new traditions. In 1937, Assunta Cantisano started the RAGÚ brand by selling homemade pasta sauce from her front porch in Rochester, New York. Today, Mizkan America, Inc., is honoring that tradition of creating delicious sauces with the launch of NEW RAGÚ Homestyle, a mouthwatering line-up of thick and hearty pasta sauces. The new pasta sauce line boasts bold flavors and a thick and hearty texture that hugs pasta – a combination that pasta lovers will be able to see, smell and savor in…