Yves Veggie Cuisine, a long-time Canadian favourite brand, wants to expand its message to all people interested in offering healthier meals.

Through a web-based burger-building application, Yves is challenging consumers to create the best tasting burger possible below 290 Calories and 12 gr of fat and compare it versus a regular burger, for a chance to win up to $ 1,000 for a BBQ Party.

In a playful, interactive way, consumers will be able to measure the health value of their personalized Yves Veggie meatless burger in comparison with a regular burger.

“The idea was to find a way to engage consumers with an interactive application that’s entertaining and fun, while showing some of the advantages of meatless options”, says Luisa Fernanda Niño-Martinez, Brand Manager for Yves Veggie Cuisine. Consumers are invited to share their Yves Veggie Burger creation with their friends via Facebook and Twitter.

The contest will be live on the Yves Veggie Cuisine Canadian site (www.yvesveggie.ca) from June 14th to July 15th.

Hain Celestial Canada is proud to support the Nutrition Facts Education Campaign, a collaboration of Health Canada and Food & Consumer Products of Canada.

The initiative is a broad-based campaign launched in October 2010 to help Canadians to better understand and use the Nutrition Facts table (NFt), particularly the % Daily Value, on pre-packaged food to make
informed food choices. Learn More.

Yves Veggie Cuisine is proud to announce our Veggie Dog 275g and Family Pack Veggie Dog 450g now have 25% less sodium and 50% less fat than our original Veggie Dog. And they have a great new smoky flavour and smoother texture.

The Veggie Dogs look different too. You may notice the darker colour and softer texture of our reformulated product and on some dogs, lighter colour near the ends from the new smoking process. The aroma and flavour may also be different than the original formula as we have adjusted the seasoning and smoky flavour of the product to reduce the sodium to make these our healthiest dogs ever.

As always, Yves Veggie Dogs continue to be a good source of protein, vegan, low in fat, cholesterol free, and contain no saturated fat, trans fats, preservatives, artificial colours or flavours.

Before selling our new dogs we sent several samples for tasting to a number of vegan, vegetarians and flexitarians and used their feedback in development of the final product.

Please note Jumbo Veggie Dog, Tofu Dog and Hot’n’Spicy Veggie Dog products were not changed and have the same great taste they always have.

We are proud of our Veggie Dog reformulation and hope you will come to love the new dogs as much as we do. We value your feedback; please contact our Consumer Relations department if you have further inquiries about our Veggie Dogs.

TORONTO, ONTARIO- More than 10,000 Canadians recently voted Saphara Kilimanjava™ Coffee the best new coffee in the Tea & Coffee Category of the 2008 Best New Products Awards (BNPA), a national consumer choice awards program.

The Best New Product Awards is an annual awards program focusing on everyday consumer packaged goods products including food, personal care and household. Based on voting by real consumers who participate in an independent survey, the BPNA is one of the largest consumer surveys about new product development and innovation conducted in Canada with over 10,000 Canadians participating nationally. This year’s results have shown that Canadian consumers are becoming more and more concerned with the environment and how their choices can affect their ‘carbon footprint’.

Saphara, a brand of The Hain Celestial Group, a leading natural and organic food and personal care products company, worked diligently to source Organic, Fair Trade Certified Arabica beans from the finest coffee growing regions across the globe to bring consumers a true journey for the senses. Saphara offers the exclusive combination of premium coffees and social responsibility for today’s eco-conscious consumer.

“Saphara is committed to reducing our carbon footprint and continues to research and develop best manufacturing practices to maximize our environmental sustainability,” said Claire Byrne, brand manager at Hain Celestial Canada. “We manufacture with a patented process that grinds, fills and seals in one continuous operation, reducing our lighting and heating requirements. In addition to purchasing fair trade certified beans which provide livable wages and improved opportunities for coffee growing communities, we only purchase shade grown beans. This protects coffee plants from the sun, making the soil more fertile, preventing erosion and hosting migratory and native birds”

The coffees retail for $7.99 each and are available in four varieties: Kilimanjava™, Mocaverde™, Costa Roasta™ and Columbean Decafé. Saphara also offers premium full-leaf botanical organic and fair trade certified teas, available in four distinctive flavours: White Tea with Schizandra, Tropical Rooibos, Gen Mai Cha and Blackcurrant Hibiscus.

The Hain Celestial Group
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAIN), headquartered in Melville, NY, is a leading natural and organic 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®, Terra®, Garden of Eatin’®, Health Valley®, WestSoy®, Earth’s Best®, Arrowhead Mills®, DeBoles®, Hain Pure Foods®, FreeBird™, Plainville Farms®, Hollywood®, Spectrum Naturals®, Spectrum Essentials®, Walnut Acres Organic®, Imagine®, Rice Dream®, Soy Dream®, Rosetto®, Ethnic Gourmet®, Yves Veggie Cuisine®, Granose®, Realeat®, Linda McCartney®, Lima®, Grains Noirs®, Natumi®, JASON®, Zia® Natural Skincare, Avalon Organics®, Alba Botanica®, Queen Helene®, Tushies® and TenderCare®. Hain Celestial has been providing “A Healthy Way of Life™” since 1993. For more information, visit www.hain-celestial.com.

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Hain Celestial Canada named first-ever official supplier of natural and organic grocery products at the 2010 Winter Games

Toronto, ON (July 22, 2008) – Vancouver 2010 will be the first-ever Games to feature a distinctly organic flavour with today’s announcement that the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) has welcomed Hain Celestial Canada as the Official Supplier of natural and organic packaged grocery products for the 2010 Winter Games.

Hain Celestial Canada — known for popular healthy foods such as Yves Veggie Cuisine, Terra Chips, Earth’s Best baby food and Imagine organic soups — has received exclusive Official Supplier sponsorship rights in the natural and organic packaged grocery products category for the 2010 Winter Games. The agreement also includes sponsorship rights for the Canadian Olympic team for Beijing 2008, Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. The agreement enables Hain Celestial Canada to use 2010 Winter Games marks for promotional purposes.

“As a Canadian company that operates in the Vancouver community, Hain Celestial Canada is delighted to now be officially involved with an iconic sport event that complements our values and brings worldwide attention to this great province and to Canada,” said Beena Goldenberg, General Manager, Hain Celestial Canada. “We are dedicated to the spirit of the Games and providing A Healthy Way of Life™; therefore, we jumped at the opportunity to showcase healthy, sustainable living at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games through Hain Celestial Canada’s natural and organic products.”

“Hain Celestial Canada is an organization that stands for natural and organic food products that are well known across the world,” said John Furlong, VANOC Chief Executive Officer. “As a leader in using organic ingredients and recyclable packaging, Hain Celestial is committed to minimizing their environmental impact, and as such, shares one of VANOC’s key values. We’re pleased to have another sustainable and creative partner on board as we work together to stage Canada’s Games in 2010.”

Today’s announcement was publicly celebrated by Hain Celestial Canada through street events in downtown Toronto and Vancouver. In both cities, teams of Hain Celestial Canada performers enacted a slow-motion pantomime of some of the most popular summer and winter Olympic sports. Propelled by stirring Aboriginal drummers, this event synthesized the key values of the 2010 Winter Games — sport, culture and sustainability
— into a striking visual spectacle that highlighted Hain Celestial Canada’s commitment to these same values.

About Hain Celestial Canada
The Hain Celestial Group is a leading natural and organic food company in North America and Europe. Hain Celestial Canada participates in several natural food categories including brands such as Terra Chips®, Garden of Eatin‘®, Earth’s Best®, Casbah®, Imagine®, Yves Veggie Cuisine®, and Spectrum®. For more information, visit: www.hain-celestial.com

About VANOC
VANOC is responsible for the planning, organizing, financing and staging of the XXI Olympic Winter Games and the X Paralympic Winter Games in 2010. The 2010 Olympic Winter Games will be staged in Vancouver and Whistler from February 12 to 28, 2010. Vancouver and Whistler will host the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games from March 12 to 21, 2010. Visit www.vamcouver2010

VANOC’s marketing program is focused on securing mutually rewarding partnerships with shared values to generate sufficient revenue to host successful Winter Games in 2010 and to leave a financial legacy for sport. VANOC’s Worldwide TOP Partners include Coca-Cola, Atos Origin, GE, McDonald’s, Omega, Panasonic, Samsung and Visa. VANOC’s National Partners are Bell Canada, Hbc, RBC Financial Group, GM Canada, Petro-Canada and RONA.

VANOC’s Official Supporters include Air Canada, BC Hydro, Bombardier Inc, the British Columbia Lottery Corporation, Canadian Pacific, the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, Jet Set Sports, Ricoh Canada Inc., the Royal Canadian Mint and Teck Cominco Limited. VANOC’s Official Suppliers are 3M, Aggreko, Aquilini Investment Group, Birks, Britco, Canada Post, Canwest Publishing Inc., Dow Canada, EPCOR, Garrett Metal Detectors, General Mills, Haworth Canada, Millennium Development Corporation, Nortel, Purolator, Saputo, Sleep Country Canada, Sun Microsystems of
Canada, The Globe and Mail, Tickets.com, TransCanada, Vancouver Airport Authority, Vincor Canada, Weston Bakeries and Workopolis.

For more information, please contact:
The Idea Workshop
For : Hain Celestial Canada
Stephanie Janda
416-504-3977 x.27
Stephanie@theideaworkshop.com

VANOC
Jason Macnaughton
778.328.6734
jason_macnaughton@vancouver2010.com

Veggie Chicken Breast from Yves Veggie Cuisine! These mouth-watering meatless meal options are yet another delicious, convenient creation from Yves Veggie Cuisine! Delivering variety, these Health Check approved, flavourful pre-cooked whole breast pieces are a great source of protein and contain no cholesterol. Available in Vindaloo and Arrabbiata sauce that is microwave ready in just 2 minutes.

Introducing Tofu & Tempeh à la Yves! Make your everyday cuisine more interesting with new baked Tofu and Tempeh by Yves Veggie Cuisine. Delicious Asian meals are a stir fry away with Teriyaki and Thai Sesame Peanut Baked Tofu. Perfectly seasoned, Yves Veggie Cuisine makes it with only the freshest, best quality soy. Inspired in Indonesia, Five Grain and Original Tempeh bring a subtle nutty flavour and tender texture to your soups, stews, sandwiches and stir fry’s. Discover their versatility and nutritional benefits…high in fiber and protein, contains isoflavones and folic acid and no cholesterol. Chop, sizzle and serve Yves’ new line-up today! As seen in Viva and Alive.

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Introducing new Low Sodium Beef Broth from Imagine. Be brave, live on the edge and give it a try. The result, a bold taste of fresh organic celery, garlic and onions with beef aroma from cows raised free of hormones and antibiotics. Imagine Low Sodium broths contain at least 75% less sodium than the leading brands, and like all Imagine products, they are made with only the finest organic ingredients. You will be dazzled at the many ways to accentuate your meal with Imagine low sodium beef broth. As seen in Viva and Alive.

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The Spirit Train will unite Canadian communities under its maple leaf banner to create momentum for the Olympic spirit. www.cpspirittrain.com

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Healthy Kids Expo is a parents one-stop shop for raising their children healthy. Special guest Dr. Oz will be in attendance! www.healthykidsexpo.org

An informative conference, dedicated to helping educate mothers about nutrition.

Largest gathering of cardiovascular and allied health professionals in Canada. www.cardiocongress.org

The National Women’s Show offers a fantastic day out with girlfriends that you can’t find anywhere else! www.nationalwomenshow

Baby Fair is dedicated to providing info on pregnancy, birth, babies, toddlers, and preschoolers www.vancouverbabyfair.org

The series is led by professional home economist and cookbook author Emily Richards, and designed to connect with consumers at the grassroots level to educate and expose them to Hain Celestial Canada products. Will feature easy to make recipes for healthy meals and also a light exercise/fitness program that participants can incorporate into their lifestyle. www.ygoals.org

TORONTO, ONTARIO- More than 10,000 Canadians recently voted Garden of Eatin’® Multigrain Tortilla Chips the best new tortilla chips in the Chips Category of the 2009 Best New Products Awards (BNPA), a national consumer choice awards program.

The Best New Product Awards is an annual awards program focusing on everyday consumer packaged goods products including food, personal care and household. Based on voting by real consumers who participate in an independent survey, the BPNA is one of the largest consumer surveys about new product development and innovation conducted in Canada with over 10,000 Canadians participating nationally. This year’s results have shown that Canadian consumers are becoming more and more concerned with the health benefits of what they are eating and snacking on.

Garden of Eatin’® (GOE) a brand of Hain Celestial Canada, a leading natural and organic food and personal care company, worked diligently to source organic crops from farmers who grow them without pesticides or synthetic fertilizers to bring consumers a delicious and healthier snack option. Using only the highest quality ingredients, Garden of Eatin’® Multigrain Tortilla Chips, are made with 7 whole organic grains creating a snack with a difference you can taste. GOE offers the exclusive combination of premium ingredients and health benefits for today’s health conscientious consumer.

“Garden of Eatin’® has several flavours of tortilla chips to satisfy everyone’s snacking desires. Our GOE family of products contain no trans fats or hydrogenated oils, are all natural and Kosher certified making them an ideal snack option”, said Maria Vasu, Assistant Brand Manager at Hain Celestial Canada. “These multigrain tortilla chips combine the natural blend of organic grains and flax seed with a savoury addition of poppy seeds, onion and garlic. Our chips offer everything from flavour to wholesome goodness. Not only a great source of omega-3 and omega-6 but a high source of fiber, and very delicious.”

The GOE Multigrain Tortilla Chips retail for $2.49 each and are available in six other varieties: Blue Chips, Red Hot Blues, Sesame Blues, Black Bean, Baked Yellow with Flax Seed and Guacamole. GOE also offers Baked Cheddar Puffs and Baked Crunchitos, with the same great organic taste with no preservatives and cholesterol free. For more information on Garden of Eatin’® and other Hain Celestial Canada products please visit us at www.hain-celestial.ca

Delta, B.C. February 18, 2010 – Vancouver 2010 is the first-ever Games to feature a distinctly organic flavour. Hain Celestial Canada, the Official Supplier of Natural and Organic Products for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games is proudly offering spectators healthy alternatives at all venue concessions. From natural salty snacks to vegetarian hot dogs and chili, Hain Celestial is pleased to provide nutritious choices for all 2010 Winter Games fans.

Hain Celestial Canada — known for popular healthy foods such as Yves Veggie Cuisine^®, Terra Chips^®, Garden of Eatin’^®, and Imagine^® organic soups — has exclusive Official Supplier sponsorship rights in the Natural and Organic Packaged Grocery Products category for the 2010 Winter Games. Hain Celestial Canada is a subsidiary of The Hain Celestial Group, a leading natural and organic food and personal care products company in North America and Europe.

“As a Canadian company that operates in the Vancouver community, Hain Celestial Canada is proud to be involved with an iconic sport event that complements our values and brings worldwide attention to this great province and to Canada,” said Beena Goldenberg, President, Hain Celestial Canada. “We are dedicated to the spirit of the Games and providing A Healthy Way of Life™; and are very proud to showcase healthy, sustainable living at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games through Hain Celestial Canada’s natural and organic products. Having visited many concessions during my Games trip, it was with great pride that I watched the spectators make the healthy choice choosing our Terra Chips and Yves Veggie Cuisine veggie dogs while cheering on all the athletes!”

Hain Celestial Canada is experiencing great success at the venue concessions with an increased demand for Terra Chips, Yves Veggie Cuisine veggie dogs and Garden of Eatin’ nacho chips. With an increased demand for nutritious, healthy alternatives it is no surprise that spectators are choosing to go natural in their food choices.

About Hain Celestial Canada
Hain Celestial Canada is a subsidiary of The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., (NASDAQ: HAIN). The Hain Celestial Group is a leading natural and organic food company in North America and Europe. Hain Celestial Canada participates in several natural food categories including brands such as Terra Chips^®, Garden of Eatin’^®, Earth’s Best^®, Casbah^®, Imagine^®, Yves Veggie Cuisine^®, and Spectrum^®. For more information, visit: www.hain-celestial.ca

Hain Celestial Invites Canadians To Send A Message of Congratulations to Olympic Medalist Kristina Groves As They Donate Funds To Her Favourite Charity, Right To Play

Canada’s natural and organic food leader provides opportunity to personally share in Kristina’s amazing 2010 Winter Games journey

Delta, BC (February 25, 2009) – Hain Celestial,™ Canada’s first-ever exclusive Official Supplier of natural and organic packaged grocery products for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, is inviting Canadians to send a personal message of congratulations to Olympic Speed Skater and double medalist Kristina Groves while they support her favourite charity, Right To Play, with a $5,000 donation.

The first 500 Canadians who go to the Facebook fan page, Are You Green On The Inside?, and click on the link will have their personal message hand delivered to Kristina on Sunday, February 28th, during a special cheque presentation and fan autograph session at 10 a.m. at Right To Play’s special pavilion, World of Play at the Concord Place Community Celebration Zone in Vancouver, BC.

“We’re calling on Canadians to come out and send one of Canada’s premier 2010 Winter Games athletes and first double medalist, Kristina Groves, a message of congratulations, to show her how proud we are of her and her amazing accomplishments here in Vancouver,” said Beena Goldenberg, President, Hain Celestial Canada. “We’re giving Canadians the chance to be a part of her amazing journey at these 2010 Winter Games as we support one of her favourite charities, Right To Play.”

The $5,000 donation will be made to Right To Play on Kristina’s behalf – that’s a $10 donation for each of the 500 personal messages given to Kristina! This donation will allow Right To Play to provide an additional 10,000 life-changing lessons through play to children around the world

“We are so proud of Kristina and her accomplishments at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games. Not only is she a great athlete – she is a wonderful Right To Play Athlete Ambassador and a true role model for children worldwide. We thank Hain Celestial and Kristina for supporting our work. This donation will have a very positive impact on our programs and help us reach more children through the power of sport and play,” said Johann Koss, President & CEO of Right To Play International.

Kristina has emerged as one of Canada’s stars at the 2010 Winter Games, already winning a silver medal in Women’s 1,500m and a bronze in Women’s 3,000m and is on track to potentially another as she competes again on Saturday. A two-time Olympic silver medalist at the last Winter Games in Torino, 2008 World Cup Overall Champion (1500m), 2008 World Champion (3000m), and 2009 World All-round Silver Medalist, Kristina has spent her entire career going 360 degrees on a speed skating oval with the goal of performing at her very best. She brings that same 360 degree perspective and dedication to the rest of her life by pursuing a green lifestyle every single day – both outside and inside. One of her passions is ensuring all children, regardless of where they live and their family’s income level, are given the right to naturally learn the lessons that sport has to teach them.

About Right To Play International
Right To Play is an international humanitarian organization that uses sport and play programs to improve health, develop life skills, and foster peace for children and communities in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the world. Working in both the humanitarian and development context, Right To Play builds local capacity by training community leaders as Coaches to deliver its programs in 23 countries affected by war, poverty, and disease in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and South America. Founded in 2000, Right To Play is headquartered in Toronto, Canada and has national offices in Canada, Norway, The Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The national offices raise funds, build awareness for Right To Play programs and advocate for Sport for Development. For more information, visit www.righttoplay.com.

About Hain Celestial
Hain Celestial Canada is Canada’s leading natural and organic food company and is based in Toronto, ON with a manufacturing plant in Vancouver, BC. Their brands include Terra Chips^®, Yves Veggie Cuisine^®, Casbah^®, Earth’s Best^®, Garden of Eatin^®, Health Valley^®, Spectrum^®, MaraNatha^®, Alba^® and Imagine^®. Hain Celestial Canada is a subsidiary of The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAIN), a leading natural and organic food company in North America and Europe. For more information, please visit www.hain-celestial.ca.

Delta, BC (February 10, 2010) – Are you green on the inside? That’s what Hain Celestial™ asked Canadians across the country. As Canada’s first-ever exclusive Official Supplier of Natural and Organic Packaged Grocery Products for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the company launched a national program over the summer challenging all Canadians to show their green spirit, get green on the inside and be a part of the 2010 Winter Games celebration.

“A recent survey we conducted of 3,000 members of our Yves Veggie Cuisine^® Good Food Club found that 89 per cent felt that it is just as important to be green on the inside as it was to be green on the outside,” said Beena Goldenberg, President, Hain Celestial Canada. “We wanted to find a way to challenge all Canadians as we rally around our Canadian Olympic athletes and encourage them to compete in the true athletic tradition of cleanly, naturally, organically, purely, and nobly. It’s a great time for us all to take stock of our own goals, embrace A Healthy Way of Life™ and go for the green!”

Hain Celestial took the Are You Green on the Inside? message on the road this summer and invited Canadians to join in the celebration at major events right across Canada. Canadians who had their picture taken became one of thousands used to create a massive collage of Canadian fans celebrating the healthy way of life during the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. Four green trolley’s are now driving around downtown and throughout the greater Vancouver area supporting the Green on the Inside message and encouraging Canadians to live more green.

“I think it’s a great opportunity for Canadians to get involved in the Olympic Spirit that is sweeping the nation” said two-time Olympic silver medalist and speed Skater Kristina Groves. “In particular I think the Hain Celestial campaign gives Canadians a chance to be a part of the shift in consciousness towards healthier eating and an increased concern for the environment that is also taking hold across the country. The Olympic Games don’t come to Canada very often and for many this is a once in a lifetime opportunity, as a Canadian, to be a part of the whole Olympic experience. It’s a fun way to have a personal connection with an athlete, a sport and the Olympic Games. That feeling of support is so valuable to any athlete and enhances the experience for them too.“

About Hain Celestial
Hain Celestial Canada is Canada’s leading natural and organic food company and is based in Toronto, ON with a manufacturing plant in Vancouver, BC. Their brands include Terra Chips^®, Yves Veggie Cuisine^®, Casbah^®, Earth’s Best^®, Garden of Eatin^®, Health Valley^®, Spectrum^®, MaraNatha^®, Imagine^® and Alba^®. Hain Celestial Canada is a subsidiary of The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAIN), a leading natural and organic products company in North America and Europe. For more information, please visit www.hain-celestial.ca.

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