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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement
of International Home Foods, Inc. on Form S-8 (File No. 333-43297) of our
report dated March 6, 1998, on our audits of the Consolidated Financial
Statements of International Home Foods, Inc. as of December 31, 1997 and 1996,
and for the years ended December 31, 1997 and December 31, 1996, which report
is included in the International Home Foods, Inc. Annual Report for the year
ended December 31, 1997 and is incorporated by reference into this Annual
Report on Form 10-K.


                                                        Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

Parsippany, New Jersey
March 30, 1998