
                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

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Contact:          Ira Lamel/Mary Anthes              Jeremy Fielding/David Lilly
                  The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.     Kekst and Company
                  631-730-2200                       212-521-4800

                  HAIN CELESTIAL ANNOUNCES DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT
                      TO ACQUIRE SPECTRUM ORGANIC PRODUCTS

             EXPANSION OF COMPANY'S OFFERINGS IN NATURAL AND ORGANIC
                           OILS, VINEGARS, CONDIMENTS

                ACQUISITION EXPECTED TO BE ACCRETIVE TO EARNINGS

Melville, NY, August 23, 2005--The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. ("Hain Celestial")
(NASDAQ: HAIN), a leading natural and organic food and personal care products
company, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement and plan of
merger with Spectrum Organic Products, Inc. ("Spectrum") (OTCBB: SPOP). Under
the terms of the agreement, Hain Celestial has agreed to pay approximately
$0.705 per share, adjusted to reflect Spectrum's estimate of their expenses and
the price adjustment provisions of the agreement, to Spectrum shareholders
consisting of approximately 50% in Hain Celestial common shares and 50% in cash.
The transaction, which is expected to close in November and to be accretive to
Hain Celestial earnings, is subject to shareholder approval by Spectrum and
other customary conditions.

Spectrum is a California-based leading manufacturer and marketer of natural and
organic culinary oils, vinegars, condiments and butter substitutes under the
Spectrum Naturals(R) brand and essential fatty acid nutritional supplements
under the Spectrum Essentials(R) brand, sold mainly through natural food
retailers. Spectrum reported sales for its last fiscal year of $49.9 million.

"Spectrum has been a well-respected producer of natural and organic oils in the
natural food channels for many years, and adding their range of offerings in
this category to Hain Celestial's existing portfolio gives us another
opportunity to offer our customers additional category-leading products," said
Irwin D. Simon, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hain Celestial. "We
look forward to expanding Spectrum Naturals, Essentials and Ingredients
businesses as consumers increasingly seek healthy oils as part of a balanced
diet and as recently recommended by the USDA Dietary Guidelines. Spectrum
natural and organic products feature healthy oils that are mechanically
extracted and free of trans fats and genetically engineered ingredients."

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"Hain Celestial provides Spectrum with a platform for accelerated expansion of
our product lines. We look forward to benefiting from being part of the Hain
Celestial family, as their presence in natural and other channels will enable us
to provide health sustaining natural products that are the highest in consumer
value," said Jethren P. Phillips, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors
of Spectrum. "I began this mission nearly 20 years ago and look forward to Hain
Celestial furthering our goals."

The Hain Celestial Group

The Hain Celestial Group (NASDAQ: HAIN), headquartered in Melville, NY, is a
leading natural and organic beverage, snack, specialty food and personal care
products company in North America and Europe. Hain Celestial participates in
almost all natural food categories with well-known brands that include Celestial
Seasonings(R), Terra Chips(R), Garden of Eatin'(R), Health Valley(R),
WestSoy(R), Earth's Best(R), Arrowhead Mills(R), Hain Pure Foods(R),
Hollywood(R), Walnut Acres Organic(R), Imagine Foods(R), Rice Dream(R), Soy
Dream(R), Rosetto(R), Ethnic Gourmet(R), Yves Veggie Cuisine(R), Lima(R),
Biomarche(R), Grains Noirs(R), Natumi(R), JASON(R) and Zia(R) Natural Skincare.
For more information, visit www.hain-celestial.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements within and constitutes a
"Safe Harbor" statement under the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995.
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in
this press release are forward-looking statements that involve known and unknown
risks and uncertainties, which could cause our actual results to differ
materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. These risks
include but are not limited to general economic and business conditions; the
ability to implement business and acquisition strategies, integrate
acquisitions, and obtain financing for general corporate purposes; competition,
retention of key personnel and compliance with government regulations and other
risks detailed from time-to-time in the Company's reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including the report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 2004. The forward-looking statements made in this
press release are current as of the date of this press release, and the Company
does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements.



