EXHIBIT 23.1
                                                                                



                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS
HORIZON ORGANIC HOLDING COMPANY:

Our report dated May 6, 1998, contains an explanatory section that states that
we did not audit the financial statements of Sunrise Organic Farms, Inc. (a
26.825 percent and 23.78 percent owned investee company as of December 28, 1996
and December 31, 1995, respectively). The financial statements of Sunrise
Organic Farms, Inc. were audited by other auditors whose report has been
furnished to us, and our opinion, insofar as it relates to the amounts included
for Sunrise Organic Farms, Inc. for the 52 weeks ended December 28, 1996 and the
year ended December 31, 1995, respectively, is based solely on the report of the
other auditors.

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement of
Form S-8 of Horizon Organic Holding Corporation of our report dated May 6, 1998
relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Horizon Organic Holding
Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and December 28, 1996, and
the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash
flows for the year ended December 31, 1997, the 52 weeks ended December 28, 1996
and the year ended December 31, 1995, which report appears in the Company's
registration statement of Form S-I/A (No. 333-51465).


                                            /S/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
                                            KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP


Boulder, Colorado
September 28, 1998