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 Quarterly Report of Galaxy  Nutritional  Foods, Inc. (the
"Company")  on Form 10-Q for the period ended  September  30, 2002 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 16, 2003