CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The Board of Directors
Horizon Organic Holding Corporation:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No.
333-64905) on Form S-8 of Horizon Organic Holding Corporation of our report
dated March 7, 2000, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Horizon
Organic Holding Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999, and
1998, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders'
equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 1999, which report appears in the
December 31, 1999 annual report on Form 10-K of Horizon Organic Holding
Corporation.


                                       KPMG LLP


Boulder, Colorado
March 29, 2000