EXHIBIT 23.1 

             INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT AND REPORT ON SCHEDULE 

Board of Directors 
The Fonda Group, Inc. 

We consent to the use in this Registration Statement of The Fonda Group, Inc. 
on Form S-4 of our report dated October 25, 1996 (January 31, 1997 as to Note 
15) on the financial statements of The Fonda Group, Inc., appearing in the 
Prospectus, which is part of the Registration Statement, and to the 
references to us under the headings "Selected Historical Financial Data" and 
"Experts" in such Prospectus. 

Our audits of the financial statements referred to in our aforementioned 
report also included the 1996 and 1995 financial statement schedule of The 
Fonda Group, Inc., listed in Item 21(b). This financial statement schedule is 
the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to 
express an opinion on this financial statement schedule based on our audits. 
In our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in 
relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, 
in all material respects, the information set forth therein. 


                                         /s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP 

Stamford, Connecticut 
April 10, 1997