Cento Fine Foods
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Cento Fine Foods is a company that distributes its own brand of Italian food products, including canned tomatoes (peeled, diced, and pureed), pasta, olive oil, rice, pastries, and confections. The company was founded in 1963, and is headquartered in Thorofare, New Jersey
. Cento Fine Foods, Inc. also owns five other brands: Anna, Bellino, Ferrara, La Florentine and Little Gina's. Some of these products are imported from Italy
, and others are produced in the U.S. Although the company has six brands, none are manufactured by Cento.
Although its products are not widely available in supermarkets, Cento provides an alternative to Progresso
and Rosa Food
in higher-end canned Italian foods. Cento's can often be found in Italian specialty stores and other imported food stores. Cento's soups are ready-to-eat and do not require addition of water.
Thorofare, New Jersey
Thorofare is an unincorporated area within West Deptford Township in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08086....
. Cento Fine Foods, Inc. also owns five other brands: Anna, Bellino, Ferrara, La Florentine and Little Gina's. Some of these products are imported from Italy
Italy
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, and others are produced in the U.S. Although the company has six brands, none are manufactured by Cento.
Although its products are not widely available in supermarkets, Cento provides an alternative to Progresso
Progresso
thumb|A can of Progresso [[brand]] [[bread crumbs]].Progresso foods is an American company that was founded by Sicilian born Vincent Taormina in 1905 and specializing in canned Italian food products, mostly soup and beans, sold since 1949. Up until the 1970s, it was a family-owned company...
and Rosa Food
Rosa Food
Rosa Food Products was started in Philadelphia in the year 1900 by Giacomo Foti. He named his store and products Rosa after his wife. At first it was only a small store at on the corner of 13th and Federal Streets in Philadelphia. Over time, hundreds of stores bearing the Rosa name were created...
in higher-end canned Italian foods. Cento's can often be found in Italian specialty stores and other imported food stores. Cento's soups are ready-to-eat and do not require addition of water.