Exhibit 99.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                                18 U.S.C.ss.1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection  with the Annual  Report of Galaxy  Nutritional  Foods,  Inc. (the
"Company")  on Form 10-K for the period  ended  March 31, 2003 as filed with the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  on the date  hereof  (the  "Report"),  I,
Christopher J. New, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to
18 U.S.C.  ss.1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002, that:

     (1) The Report fully  complies  with the  requirements  of Section 13(a) or
     15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
     material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
     Company.

                                             /s/ Christopher J. New
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                                             Christopher J. New
                                             Chief Executive Officer
                                             July 14, 2003