POWER OF ATTORNEY


By this Power of Attorney given this 23rd day of August 2005, Peter H. Coors, an
individual residing at 15205 West 32nd Avenue, Golden, CO 80401, 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.

I hereby revoke the Power of Attorney dated August 13, 2002. 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/ Peter H. Coors
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            Peter H. Coors