POWER OF ATTORNEY


By this Power of Attorney given this 8th day of May 2006,  Christopher  Warmoth,
an  individual   residing  at  Rechte  Wienzeile  79/15,  1050  Vienna  Austria,
authorizes Theodore N. Bobby, Esquire, Senior Vice President and General Counsel
of H. J. Heinz Company, Patrick J. Guinee, Esquire, Assistant General Counsel of
H. J. Heinz Company, and Rene D. Biedzinski,  Corporate Secretary of H. J. Heinz
Company,  a Pennsylvania  corporation  with offices located at 600 Grant Street,
60th  Floor US  Steel  Building,  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania  (collectively,  the
"Attorneys," and each, individually,  the "Attorney"),  to perform the following
on my behalf:

     To prepare, execute, and file on my behalf all Forms 3, 4, and 5, and
     amendments thereto, necessary or appropriate to comply with Section 16 of
     the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act") and the rules and
     regulations promulgated pursuant to the Act.

This Power of Attorney is valid until revoked by me.

I acknowledge that the Attorneys, in serving in such capacity at my request, are
not assuming, nor is H. J. Heinz Company assuming, any of my responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



/s/ Christopher Warmoth
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Christopher Warmoth