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                          CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
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We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to 
the use of our report dated September 3, 1998, with respect to the financial 
statements of Dakota Growers Pasta Company in Amendment No. 1 to the 
Registration Statement on Form S-1 and the related prospectus of Dakota 
Growers Pasta Company.

/s/ Eide Bailly LLP
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EIDE BAILLY LLP
October 21, 1998
Fargo, North Dakota