Contadina is a brand of Italian-inspired

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products and

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. The brand was established in 1914 by Aiello Brothers & Company. The

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acquired the brand in 1963;Weaver, John Downing. Carnation: The First 75 Years, 1899-1974, Los Angeles, Anderson, Ritchie & Simon, 1974.

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acquired the brand of canned tomato products and certain other lines from

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(which acquired Carnation in 1985) in December 1997. Contadina's products include

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, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, stewed tomatoes, crushed tomatoes, pizza sauce, as well as a few other products. In the early 1990s, Contadina also sold a "fresh" refrigerated bake-at-home pizza kit in grocery stores, though it received faint praise as "better than frozen", but not as good as a pizzeria pie.The

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; December 4, 1991;
Contadina Pizza wins faint praise
'; Carolyn Wyman and Bonnie Leblang. The word Contadina is

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for "woman of the fields." Contadina products feature an image of young woman in a field.

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