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<DESCRIPTION>SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION OF C.F.O.
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 32.1
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                           SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION


     I, Julie Smolyansky, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the
Quarterly Report of Lifeway Foods, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-QSB for the
three months ended June 30, 2004:

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

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

     This written statement is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission as an exhibit to such Form 10-QSB. A signed original of this written
statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be
retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission
or its staff upon request.


                                      /s/ Julie Smolyansky
Date:   August 16, 2004               ------------------------------------------
                                      Julie Smolyansky, Chief Executive Officer,
                                      Chief Financial and Accounting Officer,
                                      President, Treasurer and Director

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