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<TYPE>EX-32.1
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<DESCRIPTION>906 CERTIFICATION - C.E.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
Annual Report of Lifeway Foods, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-KSB for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 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-KSB. 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.




Date:     March 31, 2005            /s/ Julie Smolyansky
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                                    Julie Smolyansky, Chief Executive Officer,
                                    President, and Director
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