
                                                                    Exhibit 23.4




                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


         We hereby consent to the incorporation of our reports, relating to the
consolidated financial statements of Arrowhead Mills, Inc., dated October 4,
1996, except for Note 10, as to which the date is June 1, 1998, for the years
ended July 31, 1996 and 1995 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/ MCGINTY & ASSOCIATES
 June 1, 1999



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