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                                                                Exhibit 23.1

The Board of Directors
Signature Brands USA, Inc.

We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements (Nos.
333-04019 and 333-37459) on Form S-8 of Signature Brands USA, Inc. (formerly
Health o meter Products, Inc.) of our report dated December 9, 1997, except as
to paragraph 6 of Note 8 which is as of December 24, 1997, relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of Signature Brands USA, Inc. and subsidiary as of
September 28, 1997 and September 29, 1996, and the related consolidated
statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the
years ended September 28, 1997, September 29, 1996 and October 1, 1995, and all
related schedules, which report appears in the September 28, 1997 annual report
on Form 10-K of Signature Brands USA, Inc.



/s/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Cleveland, Ohio

December 24, 1997