Chun King was an American line of canned
Chinese food products founded in the 1940s by
Jeno Paulucci, who also developed
Jeno's Pizza Rolls and
frozen pizza, and the
Michelina's brand of Italian food products, among many others. By 1962, Chun King was bringing in $30 million in annual revenue and accounted for half of all U.S. sales of prepared Chinese food. Chun King was sold to Reynolds Metals Company, a division of the
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, in 1966 for $63 million.