Old El Paso

This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Find sources: "Old El Paso" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Old El Paso

Product type	Tex-Mex food
Owner	General Mills
Country	United States
Introduced	1938; 86 years ago (1938)
Markets	Worldwide
Previous owners	Mountain Pass Canning Company Pet, Inc. Pillsbury Company
Tagline	"Start Somewhere Fresh"
Website	www.oldelpaso.com

Old El Paso is a brand of Tex-Mex-style foods from American food producer General Mills. These include dinner kits, tacos and tortillas, taco seasoning, sauces, condiments, rice, and refried beans.

Old El Paso products are marketed across the globe. The brand is owned by General Mills. Pillsbury acquired it in 1995, when its then-parent company Grand Metropolitan bought Pet, Inc., which had itself taken over the brand in 1968 from the Mountain Pass Canning Company.^[1]

The name is a reference to the city of El Paso, Texas, and the historical "Old" period when Texas was a part of Mexico.