Exhibit 10.6

                               FOURTH AMENDMENT TO

                              REDEMPTION AGREEMENT



This Fourth  Amendment to Redemption  Agreement is entered into this 12th day of
July, 1999, by and between DEBORA BAINBRIDGE  PHILLIPS (the "Seller"),  SPECTRUM
NATURALS,  INC.,  a  California  corporation  (the  "Corporation")  and  Jethren
Phillips.

     WHEREAS,   the  Seller  and  the  Corporation  entered  into  that  certain
Redemption  Agreement (the  "Redemption  Agreement")  dated November 1, 1996, as
amended by the First Amendment to Redemption Agreement,  the Second Amendment to
Redemption Agreement and the Third Amendment to Redemption Agreement between the
parties,  and a related  Promissory Note in the principal  amount of $1,621,716;
and

     WHEREAS,  the Seller and the Corporation wish to confirm for the benefit of
the California  Economic  Development  Lending  Initiative (the "Lender") as the
lender to the  Corporation,  that  amounts  due under  the  Promissory  Note are
subordinate to certain indebtedness of the Corporation to the Lender;

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  the  Redemption  Agreement is further  amended to add the
following statement:

     The  Promissory  Note and the  Corporation's  obligations to pay thereunder
shall at all times be subject to and subordinate to, any terms and conditions of
payment  imposed  by  the  Lender,  but  only  as to  the  aggregate  levels  of
indebtedness  currently provided for (whether or not currently drawn down) under
the lending agreements between the Corporation and the Lender.


SELLER                                               CORPORATION

                                                     Spectrum Naturals, Inc.


/s/ Debora Bainbridge Phillips                  By:  /s/ Jethren Phillips
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Debora Bainbridge Phillips


                                                    /s/ Jethren Phillips
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                                                       Jethren Phillips