Document:

MODIFICATION AGREEMENT
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DATE:                      December 22, 2000

PARTIES:     Borrower      GENTNER COMMUNICATIONS CORPOATION, a Utah corporation

             Bank:         BANK ONE, UTAH, NA, a national banking association

RECITALS:
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    A. Bank has extended to Borrower credit ("Loan") in the principal  amount of
$5,000,000.00  pursuant  to the Loan  Agreement,  dated  January 5, 1999  ("Loan
Agreement"),  and  evidenced  by the  Promissory  Note,  dated  January  5, 1999
("Note"). The unpaid principal of the Loan as of the date hereof is $-0-.

    B. The Loan and/or  guaranty of Loan is secured by, among other things,  the
Commercial  Security  Agreement,  dated  January 5, 1999,  by Borrower,  for the
benefit of Bank (the agreements,  documents,  and instruments  securing the Loan
and the Note are referred to  individually  and  collectively  as the ("Security
Documents").

    C. Bank and Borrower have executed and  delivered  previously  the following
agreements ("Modifications") modifying the terms of the Loan, the Note, the Loan
Agreement, and/or the Security Documents:  Modification Agreement, dated June 9,
1999. (The Note, the Loan  Agreement,  the Security  Documents,  any arbitration
resolution,  and all other agreements,  documents,  and instruments  evidencing,
securing,  or otherwise  relating to the Loan, as modified in the Modifications,
are sometimes referred to individually and collectively as the "Loan Documents".
Hereinafter,  "Note", "Loan Agreement", and "Security Documents" shall mean such
documents as modified in the Modifications.)

    D.  Borrower  has requested that Bank modify the Loan and the Loan Documents
as  provided  herein.  Bank is  willing  to so  modify  the  Loan  and the  Loan
Documents, subject to the terms and conditions herein.

AGREEMENT:
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For good and valuable  consideration,  the receipt and  sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, Borrower and Bank agree as follows:

1.  ACCURACY OF RECITALS.
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Borrower acknowledges the accuracy of the Recitals.

2.  MODIFICATION OF LOAN DOCUMENTS.
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    2.1 The Loan Documents are modified as follows:

        2.1.1  Interest  on the  Loan  and the  Note  shall  be due and  payable
commencing  on  February  1,  2001,  and  continuing  on the  same  day of  each
successive month thereafter until the maturity date. No payments of principal of
the Loan and the Note shall be due and payable until the maturity date.

        2.1.2  The  maturity  date of the  Loan  and the  Note is  changed  from
December 22, 2000, to December 21, 2001. On the maturity date Borrower shall pay
to Bank the unpaid principal, accrued and unpaid interest, and all other amounts
payable by Borrower under the Loan Documents as modified herein.

        2.1.3 The  Section  entitled  "Additional  Affirmative  Covenant  - Debt
Service  Coverage" of the Loan  Agreement is modified to read in its entirety as
follows:

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               Additional Affirmative Covenant - Debt Service Coverage. Borrower
further  covenants  and agrees  with Lender  that,  while this  Agreement  is in
effect,  Borrower will comply at all times with the following ratio. Maintain as
of the end of each fiscal  quarter,  a ratio (a) net income,  after taxes,  plus
interest, depreciation,  amortization and depletion, less any Distributions, for
the twelve month period then ending, to (b) interest plus current  maturities of
long-term  debt plus  current  maturities  of  capital  leases for the same such
twelve month  period,  of not less than the  following  ratios for the following
periods:  for the period  ending  December 31, 2000,  1.4 to 1.0; for the period
January 1, 2001 to termination of this Loan Agreement, 2.0 to 1.0.

    2.1.4  The Section entitled "Affirmative  Covenants. Compliance Certificate"
of the Loan Agreement is modified to read in its entirety as follows:

        Compliance  Certificate.  Unless  waived in writing  by Lender,  provide
Lender 45 days after each  quarter  with a  certificate  executed by  Borrower's
chief financial  officer,  or other officer or person acceptable to Lender,  (a)
certifiying that the  representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement
are true and correct as of the date of the  certificate and that, as of the date
of the  certificate,  no Event of Default exists under this  Agreement,  and (b)
demonstrating  compliance  with  all  financial  covenants  set  forth  in  this
Agreement.

    2.1.5 The Section entitled "Additional Provisions - Financial Statements" on
the Addendum to Loan Agreement is modified to read in its entirety as follows:

               Additional  Provisions  - Financial  Statements.  Furnish  Lender
with,  as soon as  available,  but in no event later than ninety (90) days after
the end of  each  fiscal  year,  Borrower's  balance  sheet,  income  statement,
statement of changes in financial position,  and 10K for the year ended, audited
by certified public accountant(s)  reasonably  acceptable to Lender, and as soon
as available,  but in no event later than  forty-five (45) days after the end of
each fiscal quarter,  Borrower's balance sheet,  income statement,  statement of
changes in  financial  position,  and 10Q for the  period  ended,  prepared  and
certified,  subject  to year end  review  adjustments,  as  correct  to the best
knowledge and belief by Borrower's  chief financial  officer of other officer or
person acceptable to Lender. All financial reports required to be provided under
this  Agreement  shall  be  prepared  in  accordance  with  generally   accepted
accounting principals,  applied on a consistent basis, and certified by Borrower
as being true and correct.

    2.2 Each of the Loan  Documents  is modified  to provide  that it shall be a
default or an event of default  thereunder if Borrower shall fail to comply with
any of the covenants of Borrower herein or if any  representation or warranty by
Borrower  herein is materially  incomplete,  incorrect,  or misleading as of the
date hereof.

    2.3 Each reference in the Loan Documents to any of the Loan Documents  shall
be a reference to such document as modified herein.

3.  RATIFICATION OF LOAN DOCUMENTS AND COLLATERAL.
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The Loan  Documents  are  ratified  and affirmed by Borrower and shall remain in
full force and effect as modified herein. Any property or rights to or interests
in property  granted as security in the Loan Documents  shall remain as security
for the Loan and the obligations of Borrower in the Loan Documents.

4.  BORROWER REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
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Borrower represents and warrants to Bank:

    4.1 No  default  or event of  default  under  any of the Loan  Documents  as
modified herein,  nor any event,  that, with the giving of notice or the passage
of time or both,  would be a  default  or an event  of  default  under  the Loan
Documents as modified herein has occurred and is continuing.

    4.2 There has been no material adverse change in the financial  condition of
Borrower or any other person whose  financial  statement  has been  delivered to
Bank in  connection  with the Loan  from the  most  recent  financial  statement
received by Bank.

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    4.3 Each and all  representations  and  warranties  of  Borrower in the Loan
Documents are accurate on the date hereof.

    4.4  Borrower  has no claims,  counterclaims,  defenses,  or  set-offs  with
respect to the Loan or the Loan Documents as modified herein.

    4.5 The Loan Documents as modified herein are the legal,  valid, and binding
obligations of Borrower,  enforceable  against Borrower in accordance with their
terms.

    4.6  Borrower  is  validly  existing  under  the  laws of the  State  of its
formation or  organization  and has the requisite power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement and to perform the Loan Documents as modified herein.
The execution and delivery of this  Agreement  and the  performance  of the Loan
Documents as modified herein have been duly  authorized by all requisite  action
by or on behalf of Borrower. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered
on behalf of Borrower.

5.  BORROWER COVENANTS.
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Borrower covenants with Bank:

    5.1 Borrower shall  execute,  deliver,  and provide to Bank such  additional
agreements,  documents,  and  instruments  as  reasonably  required  by  Bank to
effectuate the intent of this Agreement.

    5.2 Borrower fully,  finally,  and forever  releases and discharges Bank and
its  successors,   assigns,   directors,   officers,   employees,   agents,  and
representatives  from any and all  actions,  causes of  action,  claims,  debts,
demands, liabilities, obligations, and suits, of whatever kind or nature, in law
or equity of Borrower,  whether now known or unknown to Borrower, (i) in respect
of the Loan, the Loan Documents,  or the actions or omissions of Bank in respect
of the Loan or the Loan Documents and (ii) arising from events  occurring  prior
to the date of this Agreement.

    5.3  Contemporaneously  with the execution  and delivery of this  Agreement,
Borrower has paid to Bank:

        5.3.1 All accrued and unpaid  interest  under the Note and all  amounts,
other than interest and  principal,  due and payable by Borrower  under the Loan
Documents as of the date hereof.

        5.3.2 All the internal and external costs and expenses  incurred by Bank
in connection with this Agreement  (including,  without  limitation,  inside and
outside attorneys, title, filing, and recording costs, expenses, and fees).

        5.3.3  A renewal fee of $12,500.00.

6.  EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF AGREEMENT BY BANK.
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Bank  shall  not be bound by this  Agreement  until  (i) Bank has  executed  and
delivered this Agreement,  (ii) Borrower has performed all of the obligations of
Borrower  under  this  Agreement  to be  performed  contemporaneously  with  the
execution and delivery of this  Agreement,  (iii) if required by Bank,  Borrower
and  any  guarantor(s)  of the  Loan  have  executed  and  delivered  to Bank an
arbitration  resolution,  and (iv) each  guarantor  of the Loan has executed the
Consent of Guarantor(s) below.

7.  INTEGRATION, ENTIRE AGREEMENT, CHANGE, DISCHARGE, TERMINATION, OR WAIVER.
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The Loan  Documents as modified  herein contain the complete  understanding  and
agreement  of Borrower and Bank in respect of the Loan and  supersede  all prior
representations,   warranties,  agreements,  arrangements,  understandings,  and
negotiations.  No  provision  of the Loan  Documents  as modified  herein may be
changed,  discharged,  supplemented,  terminated,  or waived except in a writing
signed by the parties thereto.

8.  BINDING EFFECT.
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The Loan  Documents as modified  herein shall be binding upon and shall inure to
the benefit of Borrower and Bank and their respective successors and assigns.

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9.  CHOICE OF LAW.
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This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of Utah, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles.

10. COUNTERPART EXECUTION.
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This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts,  each of which shall
be deemed an original and all of which  together  shall  constitute  one and the
same  document.  Signature  pages  may be  detached  from the  counterparts  and
attached to a single copy of this Agreement to physically form one document.

DATED as of the date first above stated.

BANK:                                       BORROWER:

BANK ONE, UTAH, NA,                         GENTNER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION,
a national banking association              a Utah corporation

By: /s/Mark F. Nelson                       BY: /s/Susie Strohm
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     Mark F. Nelson                              Susie Strohm
Its: Vice President                         Its: CFODresdner Kleinwort Benson
                                                     Private Equity LLC

                                                     75 Wall Street, 24th Floor
                                                     New York, NY  10005

January 5, 2001

Gardenburger, Inc.
1411 S.W. Morrison Street
Portland, OR 97205
Attention:  Chief Financial Officer

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         Reference is hereby made to the Convertible  Senior  Subordinated  Note
dated March 27, 1998 in the principal  amount of $15,000,000  (the  "Convertible
Note") issued by Gardenburger, Inc. (the "Company") to Dresdner Kleinwort Benson
Private Equity Partners LP ("Dresdner").

         1.       The  parties  hereto  agree  to add  the  following  paragraph
to the  end of  Section  2 of the Convertible Note:

                  "Notwithstanding  the first two  paragraphs of this Section 2,
                  on any Interest  Payment Date, the Company may (but only if it
                  has  received  the prior  written  consent  of the  Registered
                  Holder) satisfy its obligation to pay the interest  payable to
                  the  Registered  Holder  on  such  Interest  Payment  Date  by
                  increasing,  as of such Interest Payment Date, the then unpaid
                  principal  amount of this  Convertible Note by an amount equal
                  to the amount of such interest, which interest, if the Company
                  is  utilizing  the  provisions  of this  paragraph,  shall  be
                  calculated  at  the  rate  of  ten  percent  (10%)  per  annum
                  (computed on the basis of a 360-day year, as appropriate,  and
                  the  actual  number of days  elapsed  in any year)  instead of
                  seven  percent  (7%) per annum for  purposes of such  interest
                  payment  only.  The  Company  shall  effect  such  payment  by
                  delivery to the  Registered  Holder of a letter,  signed by an
                  authorized officer of the Company, which states (i) the amount
                  of such  interest,  (ii) that such  interest has been added to
                  the then unpaid  principal amount of this Convertible Note and
                  (iii) the  Market  Price per share of the  Common  Stock as of
                  such Interest  Payment Date, which letter must be delivered to
                  the  Registered  Holder no later  than five  days  after  such
                  Interest  Payment  Date.  If the  Company  makes  an  optional
                  prepayment  of a  portion  of the  principal  amount  of  this
                  Convertible  Note  pursuant to Section 1(b),  such  prepayment
                  shall be applied: first, to any unpaid accrued interest on the
                  Convertible Note;  second, to any pre-payment  premium payable
                  under  Section  1(b);  third,  to  any  amounts  added  to the

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                  principal  amount of this  Convertible  Note  under this third
                  paragraph  of  Section 2, in reverse  order of  addition;  and
                  fourth,  to the initial  $15,000,000  principal amount of this
                  Convertible Note.

         2.       The  parties  hereto  agree to  amend the second  paragraph of
Section 1(d)  to read in its entirety as follows:

                  "Upon  receipt  of any such  election,  the  Company  shall be
                  obligated  to  prepay  the  unpaid  principal  amount  of this
                  Convertible  Note as  specified  therein,  together  with  the
                  applicable pre-payment premium and all unpaid accrued interest
                  thereon,  on the later of (a) the  occurrence of the Change of
                  Control or Sale  Event,  as the case may be, and (b) the fifth
                  day after  the  Company's  receipt  of such  election.  If any
                  proposed  Change of Control or Sale Event does not occur,  all
                  requests  for  prepayment  in  connection  therewith  shall be
                  automatically  rescinded;  provided, that, if there has been a
                  material change in the terms or the timing of the transaction,
                  the  Registered  Holder of this  Convertible  Note may rescind
                  such  Registered  Holder's  request for  prepayment  by giving
                  written   notice   of   such   rescission   to  the   Company.
                  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  at any time prior to the date
                  the Company makes a pre-payment pursuant to this Section 1(d),
                  the Registered Holder may elect (by delivery of written notice
                  to the Company) to receive such payment,  in whole or in part,
                  in shares of Common  Stock with a Market  Price as of the date
                  of payment  (except that, with respect to amounts of principal
                  relating to interest payments  satisfied pursuant to the third
                  paragraph  of Section 2 below,  the Market Price of the shares
                  of Common  Stock to be  delivered  pursuant  to the  foregoing
                  election shall be the Market Price as of the Interest  Payment
                  Date for the applicable  interest payment, as specified in the
                  letter  delivered by the Company to the  Registered  Holder to
                  effect such payment) equal to the amount of principal, premium
                  and/or  interest the Registered  Holder has elected to receive
                  in shares of Common Stock rather than cash.  The Company shall
                  take all necessary  actions so that,  within ninety days after
                  delivery of such shares to the Registered  Holder, any and all
                  shares of Common  Stock  delivered  to the  Registered  Holder
                  pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence (or any and all
                  shares  issued in  exchange  therefor in  connection  with the
                  Change of  Control  or Sale  Event)  will be  saleable  to any
                  Person."

         This letter may be executed in one or more counterparts,  each of which
shall be  deemed  to be an  original,  but all of  which  taken  together  shall
constitute one and the same agreement.

         In all other respects the Convertible Note is ratified and shall, as so
changed by the  amendment  provided in this  letter,  continue in full force and
effect.

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         Please  acknowledge  your  agreement  to the  terms of this  letter  by
signing this letter in the space provided below.

                                   DRESDNER KLEINWORT BENSON PRIVATE
                                   EQUITY PARTNERS LP

                                   By its general partner:

                                   Dresdner Kleinwort Benson Private Equity LLC

                                   By       /s/ Alexander P. Coleman
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                                            Name:  Alexander P. Coleman
                                            Title:    Authorized Person

Acknowledged and agreed:

GARDENBURGER, INC.

By:      /s/ Scott Wallace
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         Name:  Scott Wallace
         Title:    President and CEO

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