
                                                                    Exhibit 23.3




                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


         We hereby consent to the incorporation of our reports, relating to the
consolidated financial statements of AMI Operating, Inc. and subsidiaries dated
May 27, 1998 and the financial statements of Dana Alexander, Inc., dated May 22,
1998 and the financial statements of Garden of Eatin', Inc., dated May 8, 1998,
included in the Form 8-K/A dated July 23, 1998 and incorporated by reference in
the previously filed Registration Statement of The Hain Food Group, Inc., on
Form S-4/S-3 (No. 333-57343) and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus
constituting part of this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement of The
Hain Food Group, Inc. on Form S-3 (No. 333-77137). We also consent to the
reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such Prospectus.


/s/ MCGLADREY & PULLEN, LLP


Anaheim, California
 June 1, 1999



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