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The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company," and herein referred to as "we," "us," and "our") manufacture, market, distribute and sell natural and organic products under brand names which are sold as "better-for-you" products. We are a leader in many natural food categories, with such well-known food brands as Earth's Best®, Celestial Seasonings®, Terra®, Garden of Eatin'®, Sensible Portions®, Rice Dream®, Soy Dream®, Almond Dream®, Imagine®, Westsoy®, The Greek Gods®, Ethnic Gourmet®, Rosetto®, Arrowhead Mills®, MaraNatha®, SunSpire®, Health Valley®, Spectrum Naturals®, Spectrum Essentials®, Lima®, Danival®, GG UniqueFiber™, Yves Veggie Cuisine®, Europe's Best®, DeBoles®, Linda McCartney® (under license), New Covent Garden Soup Co.®, Johnson's Juice Co.®, Farmhouse Fare® and Daily Bread™. Our natural personal care products are marketed under the Avalon Organics®, Alba Botanica®, JASON®, Zia®, Queen Helene®, and Earth's Best TenderCare® brands. Our household cleaning products are marketed under the Martha Stewart Clean™ (under license) brand. We have a minority investment in Hain Pure Protein Corporation ("HPP" or "Hain Pure Protein"), which processes, markets and distributes antibiotic-free chicken and turkey products. We also have an investment in a joint venture in Hong Kong with Hutchison China Meditech Ltd. ("Chi-Med"), a majority owned subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Limited, a company listed on the Alternative Investment Market, a sub-market of the London Stock Exchange, to market and distribute co-branded infant and toddler feeding products and market and distribute selected of the Company's brands in China and other markets. We operate in one business segment: the manufacturing, distribution and marketing of natural and organic products. In our 2011 fiscal year, approximately 45% of our revenues were derived from products that were manufactured within our own facilities with 55% produced by various co-packers. All amounts in our condensed consolidated financial statements and tables have been rounded to the nearest thousand, except share and per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated. Management evaluated all events and transactions occurring after the balance sheet date through the filing of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q.

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