VACU-DRY COMPANY
                                    
                      COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 01912
                                    
                    For the year ended June 30, 1997
                                    


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

/s/ Arthur Andersen LLP
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San Francisco, California
   September 29, 1997
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