VACU-DRY COMPANY
                                    
                      COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 01912
                                     
                    For the year ended June 30, 1996
                                     
 
 
 Exhibit No. 23.(i)  Consent of Independent Public Accountants
 
 
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                     CONSENT OF ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
                                     
 
 
 As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation
 of our report included in this Form 10-K, into the Company's previously
 filed Registration Statement File No. 33-70870.
 
 
                                                    ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
                                                                         
 
 San Francisco, California
    September 27, 1996