Exhibit 23.1


            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors United Natural Foods, Inc.:

      We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on
Form S-8 of United Natural Foods, Inc. of our reports dated August 26, 2004,
relating to the consolidated balance sheets of United Natural Foods, Inc. and
Subsidiaries as of July 31, 2004 and 2003 and the related consolidated
statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years
in the three-year period ended July 31, 2004, and the related schedule, which
reports appear in the July 31, 2004 annual report on Form 10-K of United Natural
Foods, Inc.



Providence, Rhode Island
March 18, 2005