
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement
No. 33-27356 of Universal Foods Corporation on Form S-8 of our report dated
March 22, 1996, appearing in the Annual Report on Amendment No. 1 to Form
10-K/A of Universal Foods Corporation Retirement Employee Stock Ownership
Plan for the year ended September 30, 1995.


DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP


March 28, 1996
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
