Exhibit 32.2

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


              In connection  with the Quarterly  Report of B&G Foods,  Inc. (the
"Company")  on Form 10-Q for the period  ending  April 3, 2004 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),  I, Robert
C. Cantwell,  Chief Financial  Officer of the Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18
U.S.C. ss.1350, as adopted pursuant to ss.906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
that to my knowledge:

              (1) The Report fully  complies  with the  requirements  of Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

              (2) The information  contained in the Report fairly  presents,  in
all material respects,  the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.



/s/ Robert C. Cantwell
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Robert C. Cantwell
Chief Financial Officer
April 19, 2004