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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000057515-25-000027
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20251031
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20251031

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MARZETTI CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000057515
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CANNED, FROZEN & PRESERVED FRUIT, VEG & FOOD SPECIALTIES [2030]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
		EIN:				131955943
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-04065
		FILM NUMBER:		251439374

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		380 POLARIS PARKWAY
		CITY:			WESTERVILLE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43082
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6142247141

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		380 POLARIS PARKWAY
		CITY:			WESTERVILLE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43082

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LANCASTER COLONY CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i82e016a8646d489796a09a53db83ff52_37"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SCHEDULE 14A</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(Amendment No.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; )</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Filed by the Registrant&#160;&#160;&#9746;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Preliminary Proxy Statement</font></td></tr><tr style="height:18pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9744;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</font></td></tr><tr style="height:18pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9744;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Definitive Proxy Statement</font></td></tr><tr style="height:18pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9746;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Definitive Additional Materials</font></td></tr><tr style="height:18pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9744;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Soliciting Material Pursuant to Section 240.14a-12</font></td></tr></table><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</font><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #ffffff;border-right:1pt solid #ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">THE MARZETTI COMPANY</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box)&#58;</font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:513.00pt"><tr><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:12.25pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:247.00pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:247.75pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:18pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9746;</font></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">No fee 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MARZETTI COMPANY</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Supplemental Disclosure to the Proxy Statement dated October 20, 2025</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Explanatory Note</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:140%">Information contained in this proxy filing constitutes definitive additional proxy materials (these &#8220;Definitive Additional Materials&#8221;). These Definitive Additional Materials are being filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission by The Marzetti Company (&#8220;Marzetti&#8221;) to supplement the information contained in Marzetti&#8217;s annual report on Form 10-K filed August 21, 2025 (the &#8220;Annual Report&#8221;) and its definitive proxy statement filed October 20, 2025 (the &#8220;Proxy Statement&#8221;). These Definitive Additional Materials supplement the disclosures made in the Annual Report and the Proxy Statement and should be read alongside those filings. To the extent information herein differs from or updates information contained in the Annual Report or the Proxy Statement, the information contained herein is more current. These Definitive Additional Materials do not change the proposals to be acted on at Marzetti&#8217;s 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the &#8220;Annual Meeting of Shareholders&#8221;) or the recommendation of the Board with respect to any proposals. Except as specifically supplemented by the information contained herein, all information set forth in the Annual Report and the Proxy Statement continues to apply and should be considered in voting your shares.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:140%">Any defined terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Proxy Statement.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:140%">As of the Record Date of September 22, 2025&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:411.00pt"><tr><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:334.75pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:63.25pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:7.00pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Common Shares Outstanding</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">27,547,758</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Performance Units Outstanding</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">73,688</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Restricted Stock &#47; 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