The brand name Ragú is spelled with an acute accent while the Italian word ragù (an Italian sauce typically used for dressing pasta) is spelled with a grave accent.
Ragú had its beginnings in Rochester, New York. The Cantisano family founded the Ragu Packing Company in their home in Rochester, New York, in 1937.
Much of the early activity was in Rochester, N.Y. After the Ragu name was sold, the facility in Rochester still manufactured products under the Cantisano name brand. Some of the original facility still exists and produces products for other labels (including Newman’s Own) as Private Label Foods.
