POWER OF ATTORNEY
(Section 16 Filings)

	Know all by these presents,
that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Thomas E.
ONeill, Sam K. Reed, David B. Vermylen, and E. Nichol McCully, signing
singly, the undersigneds true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:


1.	Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigneds
capacity as an officer and/or director of TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
(TreeHouse), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder;
2.	Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any
such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments
thereto and timely file such form with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any national quotation system, national securities
exchange, stock exchange or similar authority; and

3.	Take any other
action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in
the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best
interest of or legally required by the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
approve in such attorney-in-facts discretion.

	The undersigned hereby
grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform
any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-facts substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, is not assuming, nor is TreeHouse assuming, any of the
undersigneds responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigneds holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by TreeHouse, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned
in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

	IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 8th day of June, 2005.

/s/ Gregg Leslie Engles

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Signature

Gregg Leslie
Engles
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