Exhibit 32.2

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 on Form 10-Q of Sara Lee Corporation (the “Company”) for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2005 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, L.M. (Theo) de Kool, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(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 result of operations of the Company.

Dated: February 9, 2006

/s/ L.M. (Theo) de Kool,

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial and Administrative Officer