Ro-Tel (stylized as Ro★Tel) is the brand name of a line of canned tomatoes and green chili. There are different varieties of Ro-Tel in varying degrees of hotness and spiciness. The brand was acquired by ConAgra Foods in 2000 from International Home Foods. Ro-Tel gets its name from its inventor, Carl Roettele, who started a family canning company in Elsa, Texas, in the 1940s.[1] It is commonly used in making chile con queso, particularly with Velveeta,[2][3] and in King Ranch chicken.
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- About Us & Brand Story | RO-TEL www.ro-tel.com^
- Robert F. Moss. Velveeta and Ro-Tel: A Marriage of Convenience Post and Courier, 31 October 2017^
- A history of Rotel, an important queso ingredient The Takeout, November 6, 2020^