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                                                                    EXHIBIT 12.1

                        Eagle Family Foods Holdings, Inc.
                       Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
                             (Dollars in thousands)

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                                                                      Fifty-Two          Fifty-Two           Fifty-Three
                                                                     Week Period        Week Period          Week Period
                                                                        Ended              Ended                Ended
                                                                    June 29, 2002      June 30, 2001        July 1, 2000
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Adjusted Earnings
Income (loss) before income taxes ............................    $          2,422    $        (7,944)     $       (20,358)
Portion of rent representative of interest ...................                 410                337                  277
Interest on indebtedness .....................................              20,632             33,399               31,907
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     Total earnings as adjusted ..............................              23,464             25,792               11,826
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Fixed Charges

Portion of rent representative of interest ...................                 410                337                  277
Interest on indebtedness .....................................              20,632             33,399               31,907
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     Total fixed charges .....................................              21,042             33,736               32,184
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Surplus (deficiency) of earnings .............................    $          2,422    $        (7,944)     $       (20,358)
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (a) .......................                11.5%                --                   --
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(a)  As earnings for the fifty-two week periods ended June 30, 2001 and July 1,
     2000 were inadequate to cover fixed charges, a ratio of earnings to fixed
     charges for the period has not been presented. The deficiency of earnings
     to fixed charges was approximately $8.0 million and $20.4 million,
     respectively.