EXHIBIT 32

CERTIFICATIONS

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Flowers Foods, Inc. (the “company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 19, 2014, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned officers of the company certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to such officer’s knowledge:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the company as of the dates and for the periods expressed in the Report.

/S/ ALLEN L. SHIVER

Allen L. Shiver

President and

Chief Executive Officer

/s/ R. STEVE KINSEY

R. Steve Kinsey

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

/s/ KARYL H. LAUDER

Karyl H. Lauder

Senior Vice President and

Chief Accounting Officer

Date: May 15, 2014

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.