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                                                                      Exhibit 21


                           LANCASTER COLONY CORPORATION
                      SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES OF REGISTRANT
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                                    State or Province         Percent of
       Name                          of Incorporation         Ownership
       ----                          ----------------         ---------
                                                           
Colony Printing & Labeling, Inc.         Indiana                 100%
Dee Zee, Inc.                            Ohio                    100%
Fostoria Glass Company                   West Virginia           100%
Indiana Glass Company                    Indiana                 100%
LRV Acquisition Corp.                    Ohio                    100%
LaGrange Molded Products, Inc.           Delaware                100%
Lancaster Colony Commercial
 Products, Inc.                          Ohio                    100%
Lancaster Glass Corporation              Ohio                    100%
New York Frozen Foods, Inc.              Ohio                    100%
Pretty Products, Inc.                    Ohio                    100%
T. Marzetti Company                      Ohio                    100%
The Quality Bakery Company, Inc.         Ohio                    100%
Reames Foods, Inc.                       Iowa                    100%
Waycross Molded Products, Inc.           Ohio                    100%


All subsidiaries conduct their business under the names shown.