Exhibit 99.1


                     [The Hain Food Group, Inc. Letterhead]


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Jack Kaufman, Chief Financial Officer            Roger Spencer / Philip Thomas
The Hain Food Group                              The P.L. Thomas Group
516/237-6200                                     312/906-8060



                  HAIN FOOD GROUP COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF
                 FOUR NATURAL AND SPECIALTY FOOD BUSINESSES


        Uniondale, NY, July 1, 1998 -- The Hain Food Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: 
HAIN) today completed its acquisition of four natural and specialty food 
businesses from The Shansby Group and other owners. The acquired companies 
are Arrowhead Mills, Inc., DeBoles Nutritional Foods, Inc., Dana Alexander 
Inc. and Garden of Eatin', Inc. and the aggregate purchase price was 
approximately $80 million. These acquisitions will be accounted for as 
purchases and, accordingly, the operating results of the acquired companies 
will be included in Hain's operating results from July 1, 1998 on, according 
to Irwin D. Simon, President and Chief Executive Officer.


Arrowhead Mills is a leading manufacturer and marketer of high quality 
natural and organic foods, including several brand leaders in the cereal, 
flour and baking mix, packaged grain and nut butter categories. DeBoles is the 
leading natural food pasta producer. Dana Alexander is a fast growing 
manufacturer and marketer of all-natural gourmet vegetable chips sold under 
the Terra chips brand name. Garden of Eatin', Inc. is a market leader in 
natural tortilla corn chips and other snack items.


Simon commented, "We are excited about the potential that these brands bring 
to our growing business. The acquired brands will add approximately $60 
million of annual revenues to our existing brands and bring us very close to 
$200 million in annual sales. We are particularly pleased with the synergies 
between these new brands and our existing business, which allows us to 
integrate these brands fairly quickly and should result in efficiencies and 
cost savings. We are also pleased that several senior executives of the 
acquired companies will be joining the Hain organization. Their expertise 
will help us grow our new and existing brands."





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Certain of the statements in this press release are forward looking in nature 
and, accordingly, are subject to risks and uncertainties. The actual results 
may differ from those described or contemplated.


The Hain Food Group, headquartered in Uniondale, NY is a specialty food 
company which has a product line comprised of the following key brands: Hain 
Pure Foods-Registered Trademark- (an all-natural food brand including rice 
cakes and other foods). Westbrae-Registered Trademark-, Westsoy-Registered 
Trademark-, Little Bear-Registered Trademark- and Bearitos-Registered 
Trademark- (natural non-dairy beverages, snacks, and other natural foods), 
Estee-Registered Trademark- (sugar-free and fructose-sweetened products); 
Hollywood-Registered Trademark- (safflower, canola and peanut oils, 
mayonnaise and margarine); Kineret-Registered Trademark- (kosher foods); 
Earth's Best (natural baby foods); Featherweight-Registered Trademark- 
(low-sodium foods); Harry's Premium Snacks (natural snack products), Farm 
Foods-Registered Trademark- (frozen vegetarian products), Boston Better 
Snacks-Registered Trademark- (snack foods), Weight Watchers-Registered 
Trademark- (dry and refrigerated weight control products); and Alba 
Foods-Registered Trademark- (dry milk mixes and shakes).

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